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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.
L. F. Hansen, J. D. Anderson, P. S. Brown, R. J. Howerton, J. L. Kammerdiener, C. M. Logan, E. F. Plechaty, C. Wong
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 51 | Number 3 | July 1973 | Pages 278-295
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE73-A26606
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The neutron spectra emitted from 0.9, 2.9, and 4.8 mfp of iron for a 14-MeV neutron source have been measured between 14 MeV and 10 keV, using the sphere transmission and time-of-flight techniques. The spectra have also been calculated using the Monte Carlo neutron transport code TART. To reproduce the measurements, a revision of the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory neutron library was carried out. The cross sections were obtained from reported measurements, and a discussion of the revised neutron cross sections is presented. Very good agreement between measurements and calculations was obtained as a function of mean-free-path throughout the entire neutron energy spectrum. Calculations were also carried out with the ENDF/B-III neutron library and compared with the measurements.