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Second round of Launch Pad selections includes eight newcomers
The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory has announced 13 project selections across 12 companies for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a Department of Energy–led program that integrates reactor and fuel facility authorization, testing, and deployment support for private nuclear developers.
The Launch Pad emerged from the Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program.
According to INL, projects selected include reactor development and nuclear fuel cycle advancements, including fabrication, enrichment, and conversion technologies.
M.E. Sawan, R.T. Santoro
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 397-403
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963646
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Three-dimensional neutronics calculations have been performed for the ITER divertor cassette design options to determine the nuclear parameters in the cassettes and assess the impact of streaming on vacuum vessel and toroidal field (TF) coil damage. The local nuclear parameters in the components of the reference cassette design are similar or lower than those in the cassette design option with wings. The total nuclear heating in the 60 divertor cassettes is 102 MW for both designs. Helium production levels in the vacuum vessel in the divertor region allow for rewelding. The TF coils are well protected from radiation streaming into the divertor ports.