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Illinois lifts moratorium on new large nuclear reactors
New power reactors of any size can be now be sited in the state of Illinois, thanks to legislation signed by Gov. J. B. Pritzker on January 8. The Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act (CRGA)—which Pritzker says is designed to lower energy costs for consumers, drive the development of new energy resources in the state, and strengthen the grid—lifts the moratorium on new, large nuclear reactors that Illinois enacted in the late 1980s.
Harold R. Garner, Takashi Aoki
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 9 | Number 3 | May 1986 | Pages 481-483
Technical Paper | Experimental Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24734
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A significant improvement in plasma parameters (ion temperature and electron temperature) has been achieved through the use of pulse discharge cleaning in the mirror machine, RFC-XX-M, in Nagoya, Japan. The essence of this technique is to use pulsed-off-resonance ion cyclotron heating (10-ms duration every 10 s), gas puffing, and electron cyclotron heating preionization in conjunction with baking (to 100 to 150°C) in order to prepare the machine surfaces for full-power normal experimental shots. It was also found that RFC-XX-M could operate at nearly full parameters without titanium gettering after discharge cleaning, whereas without discharge cleaning and titanium gettering it is difficult to sustain a plasma.