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INL’s new innovation incubator could link start-ups with an industry sponsor
Idaho National Laboratory is looking for a sponsor to invest $5 million–$10 million in a privately funded innovation incubator to support seed-stage start-ups working in nuclear energy, integrated energy systems, cybersecurity, or advanced materials. For their investment, the sponsor gets access to what INL calls “a turnkey source of cutting-edge American innovation.” Not only are technologies supported by the program “substantially de-risked” by going through technical review and development at a national laboratory, but the arrangement “adds credibility, goodwill, and visibility to the private sector sponsor’s investments,” according to INL.
Hisashi Tanigawa, Masaki Taniguchi, Satoru Tanaka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 872-876
Fusion Blanket and Shield Technology (Poster Session) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963722
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We have investigated the interaction between hydrogen isotopes and defects in Li2O, using Fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy (FT-IR). Multiple peaks were observed in the O–D stretching vibration region with Li2O single crystals which were treated by thermal absorption and quenching. These peaks had different dependence on temperature and were attributable to the stretching vibrations of O–D in bulk Li2O with or without defects. We have also studied the nature of hydrogen isotopes in Li2O with defects by the ab-initio quantum chemical calculation technique. The influence of defects on hydroxyl groups is discussed.
