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DOE on track to deliver high-burnup SNF to Idaho by 2027
The Department of Energy said it anticipated delivering a research cask of high-burnup spent nuclear fuel from Dominion Energy’s North Anna nuclear power plant in Virginia to Idaho National Laboratory by fall 2027. The planned shipment is part of the High Burnup Dry Storage Research Project being conducted by the DOE with the Electric Power Research Institute.
As preparations continue, the DOE said it is working closely with federal agencies as well as tribal and state governments along potential transportation routes to ensure safety, transparency, and readiness every step of the way.
Watch the DOE’s latest video outlining the project here.
Z. Yoshida et al. (17R07)
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 29-33
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1308
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Ring Trap-1 (RT-1) is a novel plasma device designed to explore various effects of plasma flow in the most universal and fundamental magnetosphere-like configuration. A super-conducting ring magnet, levitated in the vacuum chamber, produces a dipole magnetic field that traps high-temperature plasma. Plasma is produced by electron cyclotron heating using an 8.2GHz microwave. The mechanism of plasma confinement is based on the theory of high-beta equilibrium that is self-organized in a flowing plasma. Realization of such a configuration in a laboratory system, which is known to exist in some astronomical systems, may open a way to the advanced-fuel fusion. Analyses of the equilibrium and stability pose interesting theoretical and experimental challenges.