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Knoxville’s nuclear workshop opens with a full house and a long to-do list
The East Tennessee Economic Council’s Nuclear Opportunities Workshop opened yesterday morning at the Knoxville Convention Center, drawing registrants from around the country, and will close later today following a packed lineup of policy and industry leaders.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 875-880
Innovative Concepts for Power Conversion | Proceedings of the Seveth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Reno, Nevada, June 15–19, 1986) | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24847
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The IPFR (Integrated Pool Fusion Reactor) concept involves placing a fusion reactor into a pool of molten Flibe. The Flibe serves the multiple functions of breeding, cooling, shielding, and moderating. Therefore, the only structural material between the superconducting magnets and the plasma is the first wall. The first wall is a stand-alone structure with no coolant connection and is cooled by Flibe at atmospheric pressure. There is also no need for a primary coolant loop. The design is expected to improve the safety, reliability, and maintainability aspects of the fusion system.