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NRC wants input on Hermes 2 test reactor construction permit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking input on its draft environmental assessment and draft finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power’s application to build the Hermes 2 test reactor facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
J. C. Doyle, D. R. Cohn, L. M. Lidsky, L. Bromberg
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1051-1056
Fusion Breeder | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39911
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Application of resistive magnet tokamaks to fissile fuel production has been studied. The Resistive magnet Tokamak Fusion Breeder (RTFB) uses semi-monolithic Bitter plate toroidal field coils and has a major radius of 3.81 m. with a fusion power output of 618 MWth. An energy-multiplying blanket gives a total blanket power of 4986 MWth, while producing 3742 kg/yr of 233U and 239Pu. The RTFB cost is estimated to be $2.6B.
