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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.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1631-1635
Fusion Power Plants and Economics | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963184
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A reactor concept is proposed to improve economical competitiveness of the tokamak fusion reactor with aggressive physics and engineering assumptions. Key elements are high field magnets with Bmax=21T with high normalized beta βN=4.2 with 80% bootstrap current fraction and the radiative divertor. The power plant should have large net electric power (~3.4GWe) with twin tokamak reactors. Significant simplification of tokamak auxiliary system is also required.