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Recent surveys confirm high levels of U.S. nuclear support
Surveys have consistently indicated that public support in the United States for the use of nuclear energy has been increasing in recent years. Four recent surveys continue to suggest that near-record-high numbers of Americans support nuclear energy. However, the survey results differ—sometimes widely—in the details of their findings.
S. P. Gerhardt, D. Mastrovito, M. G. Bell, M. Cropper, D. A. Gates, E. Kolemen, J. Lawson, B. Marsala, J. E. Menard, D. Mueller, T. Stevenson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 61 | Number 1 | January 2012 | Pages 11-18
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST12-A13336
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We have designed and constructed a system for control of the normalized (N) in the National Spherical Torus Experiment [M. Ono et al., Nucl. Fusion, Vol. 40, p. 557 (2000)]. A proportional-integral-derivative operator is applied to the difference between the present value of N (from real-time equilibrium reconstruction) and a time-dependent request in order to calculate the required injected power. This injected power request is then turned into modulations of the neutral beams. The details of this algorithm are described, including the techniques used to develop the appropriate control gains. Example uses of the system are shown.