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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.
R. Dubey, Gokuldas H., K. Czerski, M. Kaczmarski, A. Kowalska, N. Targosz-Ślęczka, S. Thulichery, M. Valat
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 82 | Number 3 | April 2026 | Pages 572-585
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2520724
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
In the study of very low-energy fusion reactions, where the cross section drops by many orders of magnitude, measuring the fusion products with minimal uncertainties and free from natural background interference is quite challenging. The present work focuses on qualitative and quantitative assessment of NE113 plastic scintillators, NE213 liquid scintillators, and NaI(Tl) detectors for such studies. All scintillator detectors are calibrated using standard gamma sources , , and and are compared with Geant4 Monte Carlo simulations. A gamma spectrum and neutron unfolding procedure is developed for these detectors with the help of these simulations. To verify this method, an experiment was performed to measure the fusion products from deuteron-deuteron fusion reactions induced by a 10-keV beam on a Zr metallic hydride environment. The results show that the NE113, NE213, and NaI(Tl) scintillator detectors, along with the developed gamma spectrum unfolding procedure, can qualitatively analyze complex gamma spectra with reasonable accuracy.