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Geological work begins on Poland’s first nuclear plant
Project management firm Bechtel started site geological surveys for Poland’s first nuclear power plant project, the company announced on Wednesday.
Bechtel will conduct in-depth geological surveys at the Lubiatowo-Kopalino site in the Pomeranian municipality of Choczewo, in northern Poland. This is a key milestone for the country’s entry into nuclear power production, as the surveys will inform the suitability of the planned site.
T.E. Luzzi, S.Z. Fixler, V.S. Calia
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 1467-1472
Power Conversion, Instrumentation, and Control | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A23063
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A thermal and structural conceptual design and an analysis of tritium permeation are presented for the grid tubes and collector plate of the interim MARS tandem mirror reactor. Designs are presented for two thermal recovery concepts, a water coolant with low outlet temperature and gaseous coolant with high outlet temperature. System analyses were conducted for the grids. For the grids both radiative and actively cooled schemes were investigated. Three water cooled grid tube point designs were studied. For the liquid cooled collector, five coolant channel configurations were considered. A reference design was chosen for the grids and collecter plates.