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Framatome signs contracts with Sizewell C
French nuclear developer Framatome is slated to deliver key equipment for Sizewell C Ltd.’s two large reactors planned for the United Kingdom’s Suffolk coast.
The agreement, reportedly worth multiple billions of euros, was announced this week and will involve Framatome from the design phase until commissioning. The company also agreed to a long-term fuel supply deal. Framatome is 80.5 percent owned by France’s EDF and 19.5 percent owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Tokuhiro Obiki, Masahiro Wakatani, Motoyasu Sato, Shigeru Sudo, Fumimichi Sano, Takashi Mutoh, Kimitaka Itoh, Katsumi Kondo, Masahiko Nakasuga, Kiyoshi Hanatani, Hideki Zushi, Tohru Mizuuchi, Hiroshi Kaneko, Hiroyuki Okada, Yasuhiko Takeiri, Yuji Nakamura, Sakae Besshou, Yoshiyuki Ijiri, Masashi Iima, Tohru Senju, Keiji Yaguchi, Tomosumi Baba, Sakuji Kobayashi, Keiji Matsuo, Katsunori Muraoka, Takashige Tsukishima, Masamitsu Nakajima
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 17 | Number 1 | January 1990 | Pages 101-122
Technical Paper | Stellarator System | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29174
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Recent studies of transport, magnetohydrodynamic stability, and divertor action on Heliotron E are summarized. A pellet injector and a new diagnostic system are developed. Moreover, the Heliotron group is conducting research and development on heating and other new systems for the Large Helical Device.
