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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.
Ross Pivovar, Rebecca Owston
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 4 | April 2023 | Pages 676-685
Computer Code Abstract | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2154114
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
As numerical methods and computational capacities improve, there is a greater ability to leverage more complicated physics for engineering design analyses. The primary objectives of this new modeling tool are to (1) implement medium-fidelity physics within a framework that allows for the combination of simplified modeling accuracy with detailed physics tools and (2) enable postprocessing analytics that reduce time to design. These types of tools are considered a requirement to ensure modern designs are not constrained by the tools themselves. One of the novel features of this software is flow searching, which simultaneously resolves the mesh and determines flow parameters that will allow for achieving either pressure equalization or isothermal exit conditions among user-defined groupings of channels. A space nuclear propulsion example using MixcoatlTM has been included to illustrate the use of this feature.