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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.
John C. Wesley, Ronald D. Stambaugh
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 473-479
Alternate and Advanced Concepts | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963281
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Parameters and physics and technology performance of the Fusion Development Facility (FDF), a 13-MA volume neutron source and fusion materials and component test facility are described and plasma and nuclear technology development requirements summarized. The programmatic means by which the mostly not-yet-available ‘critical technologies’ need for FDF can be realized by 2015, when high-performance operation could first commence, are suggested. Given the timely availability of these critical ‘enabling technologies’, an iterative 15-year test and development program for attaining reactor-qualified materials and technologies then becomes possible.
