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Canada clears Darlington to produce Lu-177 and Y-90
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has amended Ontario Power Generation’s power reactor operating license for Darlington nuclear power plant to authorize the production of the medical radioisotopes lutetium-177 and yttrium-90.
Y. Takase et al. (17R010)
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 46-51
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1311
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Japanese tokamak and spherical tokamak (ST) research programs are described. Tokamak research will focus on steady state high (N = 3.5-5.5) research on JT-60SA (formerly NCT) in support of ITER and DEMO. JT-60SA will also serve as the Satellite Tokamak under the JA-EU Broader Approach framework. ST research has been reorganized as the All-Japan ST Research Program, aiming for creative and innovative research focused on ultra-high and ultra-long pulse regimes. Results of plasma start-up, RF heating, and plasma merging/ reconnection experiments are summarized. Prospects of contribution of low aspect ratio tokamaks to fusion energy development, are presented.
