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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
Yousry Gohar
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 373-380
Neutronics and Shielding | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22893
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A low cost shielding system was developed for the Demonstration Tokamak Power Plant. The shielding system was designed with low cost materials to fulfill several functions and satisfy the design criteria. The reference shielding materials are water, ordinary concrete, Fe14Mn2Ni2Cr steel alloy, boron carbide, and lead. The cost of this shielding system is only 3% of the total direct cost compared to 11% in the STARFIRE design.
