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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.
A. B. Smith, P. T. Guenther, J. F. Whalen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 77 | Number 1 | January 1981 | Pages 110-113
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A21344
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Neutron total cross sections of elemental nickel were measured from 1.3 to 4.5 MeV, at intervals of ∼50 keV, with resolutions of 30 to 50 keV and to accuracies of 1 to 2.5%. Neutron differential-elasticscattering cross sections were measured from 1.45 to 3.8 MeV, at intervals and with resolutions comparable to those of the total cross sections, and to accuracies of 3 to 5%. The nonelastic-scattering cross section is derived from the measured values to accuracies of ≳6%. The measured results are shown to be in good agreement with the predictions of a model previously reported by the authors. The experimental results are compared with previously reported values, as represented by the Evaluated Nuclear Data File-B, Version-V, and areas of consistency and discrepancy noted.