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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.
R. Hong, A. P. Colleraine, J. Fasolo, J. Kim, J. Phillips
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1698-1702
Magnet Engineering | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40005
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Neutral beam injection systems for heating the plasma of a fusion research device utilize a deflection magnet to separate the unneutralized residual ions from the neutral particles and steer them into an ion dump. Performance of the separation magnet is crucial in that its failure will cause serious damage to beamline components. A technique using wire orbit simulations was successfully applied to test the performance of the modified 180° separation magnet for DIII-Big Dee neutral beam injectors. It simulated the stable ion trajectories, and showed the fringe field effects and the proper range of operating magnet field strength to be determined.
