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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.
S. M. Hwang, G. S. Lee, J. G. Yang, K. K. Choh, J. H. Choi, J. W. Choi, K. S. Chung, C. J. Dhoh, J. Hong, B. C. Kim, D. E. Kim, W. C. Kim, H. K. Lee, S. G. Lee, H. K. Na, Y. K. Oh, H. L. Yang, S. J. Yoo, N. S. Yoon, K.-I. You, Duk-In Choi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 99-106
Topical Review Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963832
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The Hanbit magnetic mirror device, which is operated as a joint plasma research facility, has been constructed at Korea Basic Science Institute for basic study and technology development of high temperature plasma confinement, plasma heating and diagnostics, and plasma applications, such as high-temperature material testing for tokamak divertors. A 500-kW RF transmitter and a 100-kW RF transmitter for ICRF heating are major heating sources in operation, and a few gyrotron-based ECRH systems are in preparation. The target plasma parameters at the central cell are 1-keV ion temperature, 200-eV electron temperature, and 5 × 1012 cm−3 electron density with 500-ms plasma duration. The present status of the Hanbit device, which includes the system overview and recent experimental result, is described in this paper, and future plans will be discussed.