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ORAU, ANS, others to host workshops on nuclear academic programs
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), in partnership with the American Nuclear Society, the Nuclear Energy Institute, and the Institute for Nuclear Power Operators, has announced it will host an online workshop called “Shaping the Future of Nuclear Academic Programs.” The 90-minute program is designed for university department heads and faculty interested in enhancing nuclear science and technology programs through best practices.
D.A. Ehst, S. Kim, Y. Gohar, L. Turner, D.L. Smith, R. Mattas
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 1021-1031
Magnet Engineering, Design and Experiments — II | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39827
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Ceramic superconductors operating near liquid nitrogen temperature may experience higher heating rates without losing stability, compared to conventional superconductors. This will permit cable design with less stabilizer, reducing fabrication costs for large fusion magnets. Magnet performance is studied for different operating current densities in the superconductor, and cost benefits to commercial tokamak reactors are estimated. It appears that 10 kA ⋅ cm−2 (at 77 K and ∼ 10 T) is a target current density which must be achieved in order for the ceramic superconductors to compete with conventional materials. At current densities around 50 kA ⋅ cm−2 most potential benefits have already been gained, as magnet structural steel begins to dominate the cost at this point. For a steady state reactor reductions of ∼ 7% are forecast for the overall capital cost of the power plant in the best case. An additional ∼ 3% cost saving is possible for pulsed tokamaks.