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NRC restores expiration dates for renewed Turkey Point licenses
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced this week that it has restored the expiration dates of the Turkey Point nuclear power plant's units 3 and 4 subsequent license renewals (SLR) to July 19, 2052, and April 10, 2053, respectively.
L. A. El-Guebaly, H. Y. Khater, ARIES Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 1089-1094
Fusion Power Reactors (Poster Session) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963759
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The center post (CP) is the most critical in-vessel component in spherical tokamaks (ST). Advanced ST power plant designs normally call for high neutron wall loads (>5 MW/m2) forcing the CP to operate in a high radiation environment. Radiation degrades the physical properties of the current carrying conductor and severely affects the overall performance of the CP. An unshielded CP does not appear to offer an attractive design. This paper presents the rationale for shielding the CP of ARIES-ST, the reasons for the design choices, and the consequences of the choices on the power plant design.