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Constellation seeks subsequent license renewal for Dresden
Constellation Energy has filed with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a subsequent license renewal for its Dresden nuclear power plant in Illinois. The extension would allow Dresden to run through 2051.
The filing begins a comprehensive, multiyear review by the NRC. Unit 2 is currently licensed to operate through 2029 and Unit 3 through 2031. The facility’s license was first renewed by the NRC in 2004.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 33 | Number 2 | March 1998 | Pages 297-304
Diagnostics | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11947021
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The diagnostic techniques developed in high-temperature plasma physics cover an extremely broad range of underlying physical processes and technical implementations. In this paper a short survey will be given by categorising the wide variety of methods into electrotechnical (mainly magnetic) measurements, passive observations of particle and photon fluxes emerging from the plasma, and active explorations by means of photon and particle beam probes. In addition, some general considerations concerning redundancy and interconnection of various techniques as well as data acquisition and analysis will be briefly discussed.