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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.
Sarah Goujard, Aurélie Zentz, Christelle Pontier, Véronique Durand, Pauline Valois
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 82 | Number 5 | July 2026 | Pages 974-985
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2521597
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
In the French Simulation Program, poly(alpha-methylstyrene) (PAMS) microshells serve as mandrels for capsules used within inertial confinement fusion targets on the LMJ (Laser MégaJoule). Controlled double emulsions are employed to produce micrometer- to millimeter-sized water-in-oil-in-water emulsions, which are subsequently dried and emptied to solidify the mandrels while avoiding surface or sphericity defects. This work evaluates two injection systems, mechanical and pressure-driven, for the production of triphasic emulsions. The pressure-driven system demonstrated superior control over flow dispersions across all three injected phases, offering enhanced injection monitoring and early detection of anomalies. Optical measurements of dried PAMS mandrels with a common diameter of 1900 µm, often used in laser experiments, revealed significantly improved characteristics when produced using the pressure-driven system. These improvements included reduced standard deviation and narrower diameter ranges.