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Become a knowledge manager at UWC 2024
The American Nuclear Society is now accepting applications for knowledge managers to work during the 2024 Utility Working Conference and Vendor Technology Expo. This year’s UWC, “Nuclear Momentum: Advancing Our Clean Energy Future,” will be held August 4–7, 2024, at the JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort on Marco Island, Fla.=
J. D. Galambos, Y-K. M. Peng, R. L. Reid, M. S. Lubell, L. Dresner, J. R. Miller
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 1046-1050
Magnet Engineering, Design and Experiments — II | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39830
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The TETRA tokamak systems code is used to compare designs for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) that use Nb3Sn and NbTi superconductor magnets. Similar minimum-cost devices are found with both types of conductors when superfluid helium (He-II) is used in conjunction with the NbTi. The cost of using NbTi with He-I cooling is much higher than that of using Nb3Sn or NbTi with He-II cooling. Generally, the minimum-cost devices occur for peak fields at the toroidal field coil of about 11.5–13 T, depending on the physics requirements. Sensitivities to the allowable stress level indicate strong cost increases when the stress is reduced from the nominal 600-MPa level and weaker cost benefits when the stress is allowed to reach higher levels.