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Sellafield awards $6B ‘high hazard risk reduction’ framework contract
Sellafield Ltd., the site license company overseeing the decommissioning of the United Kingdom’s Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria, England, has awarded a 15-year framework contract worth up to £4.6 billion ($6 billion) to support “high hazard risk reduction programs” at the site.
P. Fu, G. Gao, Zh. Q. Song, L. W. Xu, L. S. Huang, L. Jiang, J. C. Li, F. W. Zha, L. Dong, M. Wang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 64 | Number 4 | November 2013 | Pages 741-747
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A24094
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This paper introduces the preliminary design of the poloidal field alternating-current/direct-current converter for the coil power supply system applied in the ITER project; it includes the description of design inputs, converter topology optimization, system analysis, electrical design, test procedure and criteria, related interface, and control and protection.
