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General Atomics announces breeding blanket test facility
General Atomics announced it is developing design concepts in collaboration with the Department of Energy for the Fusion Blanket Component Test Facility (BCTF), which will test full-scale breeding blankets.
“No one has tested a fusion blanket at this scale. While there are more research and development challenges ahead, a BCTF brings us closer to turning fusion from proven science into practical, sustainable power,” said Anantha Krishnan, senior vice president of the General Atomics Energy Group.
James Malone, Aaron Totemeier, Norton Shapiro, Swaminathan Vaidyanathan
Nuclear Technology | Volume 180 | Number 3 | December 2012 | Pages 437-442
Technical Paper | Special Issue on the Initial Release of MCNP6 / Materials for Nuclear Systems | doi.org/10.13182/NT12-A15354
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Lightbridge Corporation is developing an advanced metallic nuclear fuel capable of increasing the power output and extending the cycle length of current-generation light water reactors (LWRs). This paper provides a review of the unique geometry and composition of the metallic fuel and its application to power uprates in LWRs.