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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
D. I. Brown, J. M. Tarrh
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 802-809
Impurity Control | Proceedings of the Seveth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Reno, Nevada, June 15–19, 1986) | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24838
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In running TFTR, a desire to improve its capabilities naturally arises. One improvement under consideration is to increase the neutral beam pulse length thereby increasing plasma heating. One of the steps in achieving this is to reduce the heating of the ion dump collector plate by spreading out the neutral beam injector's ion beam impinging on it (Fig. 1). Finding an efficient way of doing this is the subject of the analysis described in this paper. The analysis consists of two major parts. One part, performed at MIT, covers the magnetic performance of the ion dump magnets. The second part, performed at Princeton, covers the particle trajectories and consequent spread patterns of the ion beams on the collector plates. This paper includes a description of the development of the computer models of the magnet, and a comparison of calculated and measured magnetic fields. A description of the approach for analysis of the particle trajectories is given, followed by a comparison of calculated trajectories with measured data. A discussion of the results of analyzing the performance of various alternate magnet configurations is included, followed by a qualitative analysis and discussion relating the numerically determined performance of the various magnet configurations to the basic design parameters in a fundamental manner.