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Canada begins regulatory approval process for spent fuel repository
Canada has formally initiated the regulatory process of licensing its proposed deep geological repository for spent nuclear fuel, with the country’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) announcing that it has submitted an initial project description to the Canadian government.
According to the NWMO, the initial project description is a foundational document, detailing the repository’s purpose, need, and expected benefits and explaining how the project will be implemented. It also provides a preliminary assessment of potential impacts and describes measures to avoid or mitigate them. The NWMO is the not-for-profit organization responsible for managing Canada’s nuclear waste.
O. Ågren, N. Savenko
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 1 | January 2005 | Pages 285-287
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A665
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The aim of the article is to discuss briefly obtained results by the authors and to indicate some directions for further research. A closed form expression for the ellipticity of a flux tube confining a low beta plasma in a conventional mirror machine is determined. A scenario to improve end confinement and increase the electron temperature by ICRH with resonant absorption in the vicinity of the mirrors is suggested.
