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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.
Y. Mori, T. Noutsuka, Y. Takao, H. Nakashima
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 195-198
Topical Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963440
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Preliminary experiments are made on the EICR plasma thruster which can generate plasma with ECRH (Electron Cyclotron Resonance Heating) and accelerate ions with ICRFPI (Ion Cyclotron Range of Frequency Heating). A set of plasma diagnostics is being developed and installed. The electron temperature Te, electron density ne and ion temperature Ti were measured in our device. To examine ICRF wave propagation in the plasma, the magnetic fields were measured and the results show that the excited waves were attenuated before reaching the ICR layer. Moreover, ICRF wave absorption and propagation were calculated with an ICRF code. The strong energy absorption in the plasma was obtained at the ICR layers.