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The two reactors at Dominion Energy’s Surry plant are among the oldest in the U.S. nuclear fleet. Yet when the plant celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, staff could raise a toast to the future. Surry was one of the first plants to file a subsequent license renewal (SLR) application, and in May 2021, it became official: the plant was licensed to operate for a full 80 years, extending its reactors’ lifespans into 2052 and 2053.
R.D. Pillsbury, Jr., J.H. Schultz, R.J. Thome
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 504-507
The Compact Ignition Tokamak Program | Proceedings of the Seveth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Reno, Nevada, June 15–19, 1986) | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24796
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Preliminary designs for the poloidal field coil system for several alternative concepts for the Ignition Studies Project have been analyzed. Options include both a limiter and divertor configuration with PF coils located internal to the TF coil, external to the TF coil, and a mixture of internal and external (hybrid) coils. The effect on the system parameters of ampere-meters, stored and dissipated energy, and peak requirements are reported. The all internal coil configuration for the diverted plasma has significantly lower amperemeters, energy, and power requirements. However, internal coils are disadvantageous from the remote maintenance standpoint.
