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The legacy of Windscale Pile No. 1
The core of Pile No. 1 at Windscale caught fire in the fall of 1957. The incident, rated a level 5, “Accident with Wider Consequences,” by the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES), has since inspired nuclear safety culture, risk assessment, accident modeling, and emergency preparedness. Windscale also helped show how important communication and transparency are to gaining trust and public support.
W. D. Nelson, D. C. Lousteau, J. A. O'Toole, J. N. Doggett, L. J. Perkins, B. G. Logan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1312-1317
Next-Generation Device | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39950
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This paper summarizes the 1984 Fusion Power Demonstration (FPD) design study. Three major configurations were investigated. Two were based on the Mirror Advanced Reactor Study (MARS) end cells, which use “C” coil magnets in Yin-Yang pairs to help stabilize the plasma. The third configuration utilized an octopole in the end cell. Detailed studies of major components were underaken and critical issues were identified and examined. Integrated configuration drawings of each of the machines were prepared and are presented here. A Tandem Mirror Reactor Systems Code (TMRSC) was assembled for use in optimizing future device designs but will not be discussed. The various sections of this paper address the mission, goals, and brief design descriptions of the three configurations.
