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Constellation considers advanced nuclear in Maryland
Constellation is considering adding 2,000 MW of nuclear energy at Calvert Cliffs, located on Chesapeake Bay near Lusby, Md., which would effectively double the site’s output, according to the company’s near- and long-term project proposals submitted to the Marland Public Service Commission this week.
M. Minami, Mitsubishi Heavy, H. Morita, Mitsubishi Heavy, T. Nagashima, T. Imai
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 6 | Number 2 | September 1984 | Pages 516-521
Technical Paper | Selected papers from the Ninth International Vacuum Congress and the Fifth International Conference on Solid Surfaces (Madrid, Spain, September 26-October 1, 1983) | doi.org/10.13182/FST84-A23230
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The prospect of developing a 750-mm gate valve for the JT-60 radio frequency heating system is discussed. In order to decrease the sealing force applied to the gasket, a sealing system with two H-type gaskets and intermediate vacuum chamber (double seal type design) is planned. Tests for 103 cycles repeated operation at room temperature and 150°C with a full-scale model of the valve seat confirm that valve seat leakage is less than 1.33×10−9 Pa·m3/s (1×10−8 Torr · ℓ/s) for helium gas and the sealing force applied to the gasket is less than 9.81×104 N/m (10 kgf/mm).