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DOE selects first companies for nuclear launch pad
The Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and the National Reactor Innovation Center have announced their first selections for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad: three companies developing microreactors and one developing fuel supply.
The four companies—Deployable Energy, General Matter, NuCube Energy, and Radiant Industries—were selected from the initial pool of Reactor Pilot Program and Fuel Line Pilot Program applicants, the two precursor programs to the launch pad.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 88 | Number 3 | November 1984 | Pages 206-219
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE84-A18578
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The results of flooding experiments with blocked arrays (FEBA) are presented, a program performed at Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe within the framework of the Project Nuclear Safety (PNS). Experiments performed out of pile show that coolant channel constrictions of up to 90% do not lead to significant core coolability problems during reflood. This is even true for low water injection rates corresponding to a flooding velocity of 2 cm/s for the cold bundle. The results of the thermal-hydraulic experiments cover rather widely the cladding temperature range below 1000°C. However, outlining the total range of heat transfer conditions in severely damaged rod bundle geometries, investigations performed within the framework of the PNS are mentioned as well. They provide information about the condition of rod bundles being exposed to temperatures of up to 2000°C prior to reflood.