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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.
Xiaojun Ni, Songbo Han, Jian Ge, Jinxin Sun
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 78 | Number 5 | July 2022 | Pages 352-359
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.2021723
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) is the next tokamak device in China to bridge the gaps between ITER and the DEMOnstration nuclear fusion reactor (DEMO). The CFETR vacuum vessel (VV) was designed to remove nuclear heating, provide safety shielding, and maintain a high-quality vacuum environment. Seismic load is considered one of the most relevant accidental events affecting the structural integrity of the VV. In order to investigate the resistance of the CFETR VV against seismic load, finite element models of the VV were built. In this paper, equivalent static and response spectrum analyses were carried out to calculate displacements and stress fields aiming to check the response of the CFETR VV against a foreseen seismic load. The resulting stresses are lower than the allowable limits and satisfy the design requirements.