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Blades-in turbine inspections at Quad Cities set new benchmark for Constellation
When Constellation decided to install replacement Alstom low-pressure turbines at three of its boiling water reactor plants more than 15 years ago, one benefit was knowing the new turbines should operate reliably—and without major inspections—for several years.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 59 | Number 1 | January 2011 | Pages 190-192
doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A11605
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The mean curvature approach is considered for arbitrary magnetic field vector and magnetic surface. It is shown that the magnetic field module variation along a field line defines the mean curvature of this vector. Magnetic surfaces with constant mean curvature can be optimal for plasma confinement in strait open-ended traps and linked multimirror configurations.
