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X-energy receives federal tax credit for TRISO fuel facility
Advanced reactor company X-energy has been awarded $148.5 million in tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act for construction of its TRISO-X fuel fabrication facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
S. Kakimoto, H. Kano, M. Ichimura, H. Higaki, S. Saosaki, Y. Yamaguchi, H. Hojo, T. Watanabe, K. Yatsu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 43 | Number 1 | January 2003 | Pages 86-88
Heating | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A11963569
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In GAMMA 10, plasma was generated and heated by conventional ICRF systems (RF1, RF2). RF3 system with the 10th harmonic ion cyclotron frequency near the midplane of the central cell was applied for the high-density plasma generation. At the same time, a plasma heating by RF3 was observed. Wave damping was calculated by using the hot plasma distribution in infinite and homogeneous plasma. It is clearly seen the high-energy component is important for the damping of high harmonic fast waves. The experimental observations in GAMMA 10 suggest the existence of high-energy tail in the energy distribution of ions.