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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.
B. K. Malaviya, N. N. Kaushal, M. Becker, E. T. Burns, A. Ginsberg, E. R. Gaerttner
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 47 | Number 3 | March 1972 | Pages 329-348
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE72-A22419
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As part of a comprehensive program devoted to the integral checks of differential microscopic cross-section data pertinent to the LMFBR program, the experimental and analytical investigations of fast neutron transport in bulk assemblies of iron are described. Time-of-flight measured fast-neutron angular flux spectra at different positions in a simple, clean, homogeneous assembly are analyzed using ENDF/B data as input, MC2 code system, and SN transport calculations. In addition, continuous slowing down theory has been developed to complement precise calculations by indicating direct relationships between cross-section uncertainties and spectra; this approach permits integrating other non-ENDF/B data in the analysis. The well-defined integral experiment permits clear-cut interpretation leading to definitive conclusions with respect to input data and also to checks of standard analytical codes. The Karlsruhe (KEDAK) data set and the ENDF/B-I and ENDF/B-II files for iron have been assessed. On the basis of cross-section uncertainties in iron and of their influence on spectra, it is possible to recommend not only preferred data, but also a redirection in emphasis in differential measurements and evaluation. For fast reactor applications, ENDF/B-I set is prefer able, subject to certain limitations.