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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.
Teruya Tanaka, Takeo Muroga, Akio Sagara
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 3 | April 2005 | Pages 530-534
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - First Wall, Blanket, and Shield | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A738
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Compatibility between tritium self-sufficiency and neutron shielding performance of self-cooled liquid blanket systems without solid neutron multiplier was investigated for the purpose of application to the conceptual helical reactor design of modified FFHR2 having the blanket space of 120 cm. The results of the neutronics calculation indicated that all of the Li/V-alloy, Flibe/V-alloy and Flibe/JLF-1 (Reduced Activation Ferritic steel) blankets are feasible for tritium breeding ability and neutron shielding performance. With the use of vanadium alloys, operation efficiency will be enhanced.