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Kentucky disburses $10M in nuclear grants
The Kentucky Nuclear Energy Development Authority (KNEDA) recently distributed its first awards through the new Nuclear Energy Development Grant Program, which was established last year. In total, KNEDA disbursed $10 million to a variety of companies that will use the funding to support siting studies, enrichment supply-chain planning, workforce training, and curriculum development.
L. M. Garrison, Y. Katoh, T. Hinoki, N. Hashimoto, J. R. Echols, J. W. Geringer, N. C. Reid, J. P. Allain, B. Cheng, D. Dorow-Gerspach, V. Ganesh, H. Gietl, S. A. Humphry-Baker, E. Lang, I. McCue, J. Riesch, L. L. Snead, G. D. W. Smith, J. R. Trelewicz, Y. Yang, S. J. Zinkle
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 79 | Number 6 | August 2023 | Pages 662-670
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2176687
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The plasma-facing components (PFCs) of future fusion reactors will have intricate structures and require multiple materials because no one material can simultaneously satisfy all the requirements of the component. The dissimilar material joints in PFCs must withstand extreme thermal and stress gradients under neutron irradiation. The Fusion Research Oriented to Neutron Irradiation and Tritium Behavior at Material Interfaces (FRONTIER) U.S.-Japan collaboration seeks to explore and explain the behavior of internal solid interfaces in PFCs under neutron irradiation. The first step of the collaboration was to identify the leading PFCs that should be studied further and prepare them for the next step, which will include neutron irradiation. Different strategies for material development are being pursued worldwide to produce robust PFCs. Here, an overview is presented of some of the most promising materials in the areas of copper alloys, tungsten-copper composites, tungsten-steel composites, additively manufactured tungsten, particle-reinforced tungsten, and tungsten and SiC fiber composites. Each material’s fabrication and benefits are described, and some discussion of remaining questions is given.