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Industry Update—August 2025
Here is a recap of industry happenings from the recent past:
SMR service center targeted for Ontario
GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy has announced plans to invest as much as $50 million to establish a Canadian BWRX-300 Engineering and Service Center near Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington New Nuclear Project site. The Ontario government had previously approved the construction of the first of four BWRX-300 small modular reactors at the site. The center will provide engineering and technical services for the long-term operation and maintenance of the future fleet of SMRs in Ontario. It will also serve as a hub for innovation and training, knowledge sharing, supply chain engagement, and workforce development.
Y. Narushima, K. Y. Watanabe, Y. Suzuki, S. Sakakibara, K. Ida, K. Narihara, N. Ohyabu, LHD Experiment Group
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 58 | Number 1 | July-August 2010 | Pages 194-199
Chapter 4. MHD | Special Issue on Large Helical Device (LHD) | doi.org/10.13182/FST10-A10806
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Spontaneous dynamics of magnetic islands depending on various plasma parameters in the Large Helical Device (LHD) are described. The structure of the magnetic island undergoes deformation during a discharge. There are two states of magnetic island; they are the growth and self-healing of the magnetic island. The self-healing occurs in the higher-beta and lower-collisionality plasmas. The magnetic island, on the other hand, grows in the lower-beta and higher-collisionality region. The self-healing phenomenon is realized by the disappearance of the local flattening of the Te profile and the perturbed magnetic field structure compensating the externally imposed perturbation field to produce a seed magnetic island.
