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G7 pledges support for nuclear at Italy meeting
The Group of Seven (G7) recommitted its support for nuclear energy in the countries that opt to use it at a Ministerial Meeting on Climate in Italy last month.
In a statement following the April meeting, the group committed to support multilateral efforts to strengthen the resilience of nuclear supply chains, referencing the goal set by 25 countries during last year’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to triple global nuclear generating capacity by 2050.
Hong Ran, Binbin Song, Jilai Hou, Dangshen Zhang, Yuncong Huang, Le Tang, Qinwei Yang, Zen Cao, Xiaoqiang Wu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 77 | Number 7 | November 2021 | Pages 549-556
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1884490
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The HL-2M tokamak is an upgraded device of the HL-2A tokamak. As one of the main components of the HL-2M, the vacuum vessel (VV) is required to have a reliable structure and be manufactured with well-established methods. The HL-2M VV is designed with a D-shaped cross section, double-thin-wall structure that consists of the inner shell, outer shell, ribs, and ports. The whole torus is welded with 20 sectors. Inconel 625 has been selected as the main material of the VV because of its good mechanical properties and high resistivity. The structural analysis is performed using ANSYS. The results show that the VV can meet the design requirements. The manufacturing process of the VV is described in detail. The VV was completed in March 2019, and the HL-2M device achieved its first plasma discharge in December 2020.