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EPRI’s new program aims to strengthen grid resilience
The Electric Power Research Institute has launched a global initiative to prepare future grids by modernizing how the electricity-generating sector detects, anticipates, and responds to emerging risks and manages technological transformation. The nonprofit energy research and development organization intends for the initiative, called Rapid Adaptation of Grid Defense, Analytics, and Resilience (RADAR), to provide a scalable framework, advanced tools, and targeted training for strengthening grid resilience and reliability.
L. John Perkins, Steven A. Freije, William S. Neef
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 1407-1412
Magnet Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A23053
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The engineering design of two high-power steadystate ECRH injection systems is presented for the MARS tandem mirror reactor. With a design power of 57 MW, System I is comprised of 1 MW cavity-mode gyrotrons coupled to a novel quasioptical launching system for the combination and transmission of the ECRH power to the plasma. System II has a design power of 84 MW and comprises 2.5 MW quasi-optical gyrotron units coupled to a quasi-optical launching system similar in principle to System I but displaying minimal space requirements. Potential operating conditions, parameters and constraints are presented for multi-MW gyrotrons and quasi-optical launching systems, and key ECRH development and technology needs for commercial tandem mirror reactors are defined.