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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.
Deqaun Liu, Tao Lin, Tao Qiao, Lijun Cai, Chengzhi Cao, Yinglong Yuan, Qiang Li
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 79 | Number 2 | February 2023 | Pages 179-188
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2022.2105634
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The HL-2M tokamak was constructed at Southwestern Institute of Physics. The support system is one of the main subsystems of the device. The magnetic coils and vacuum vessel are located and integrated by the support system. According to its function, the support system is divided into gravity support, support for poloidal field coils, and anti-torque structure for toroidal field coils. The structure design and the finite element analysis of the support system is introduced in this paper.
