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Antares achieves zero-power criticality at INL
Leveraging more than $140 million in private capital fundraising, over 322,000 square feet of operational manufacturing space, and multifaceted partnerships with the Departments of Energy and Defense, reactor start-up Antares has become the first company involved in the Reactor Pilot Program to achieve zero-power fueled criticality—a full month ahead of the July 4 deadline set by President Trump’s Executive Order 14301.
This milestone, announced yesterday, was achieved with the company’s Mark-0: a sodium heat-pipe-cooled, TRISO-fueled microreactor. The Mark-0 is a forerunner to the company’s flagship design, which it calls the R1. For Antares, this development represents a key validation of its reactor physics, control systems, and supply chain.
J. Andre, G. De Demo, K. Molina, S. Le Tacon, C. Chicanne, M. Theobald
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 73 | Number 2 | March 2018 | Pages 149-152
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1406246
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
In order to produce laser targets for laser plasma experiments, the target department of Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique operates in different fields of production techniques. Additive manufacturing becomes an important manufacturing process to match quality, delay, and cost aims. In the short term, stereo lithography seems to be the most promising technology for laser target range applications. It is a quick and, in most of the cases, accurate solution to target assembly issues. This technology allows obtaining functional assembly tools as well as parts and components compatible with laser experiment. The actual limitations are about 100 µm for tolerances and minimum wall thicknesses. A better resolution and a lower layer thickness could allow crossing these limitations.