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G7 pledges support for nuclear at Italy meeting
The Group of Seven (G7) recommitted its support for nuclear energy in the countries that opt to use it at a Ministerial Meeting on Climate in Italy last month.
In a statement following the April meeting, the group committed to support multilateral efforts to strengthen the resilience of nuclear supply chains, referencing the goal set by 25 countries during last year’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to triple global nuclear generating capacity by 2050.
D. W. Weissenburger, J. M. Bialek, G. J. Cargulia, M. Ulrickson, M. J. Knott, L. R. Turner, R. B. Wehrle
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 448-461
Technical Paper | Magnet System | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24785
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The dynamic behavior of conducting mechanical structures in high magnetic fields is complicated by the currents and forces induced by motion through the magnetic field. A series of experiments that were successfully conducted to investigate the coupling between induced currents and rigid body rotation in square loops and plates is presented. The experiments were performed with the Fusion Electromagnetic Induction Experiment facility at the Argonne National Laboratory. The observed data exhibited the magnetic damping and magnetic stiffness effects that arise in coupled systems and agreed very well with the predicted responses for both the loops and plates. The experimental arrangement consisted of a conducting test piece, rigidly mounted in a nonconducting fixture that provided a controlled stiffness against rotation. Electric currents were induced in the test loop/plate by pulsing a magnetic field oriented perpendicular to the test piece. This was done in the presence of a constant magnetic field oriented parallel to the loop/plate. The interaction of the induced currents and the background magnetic field produced a net torque about the axis of the test fixture. Measurements were made of the total current flowing around the test piece and the angular rotation versus time.