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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
R. L. Miller, R. A. Krakowski, C. G. Bathke, K. A. Werley, R. L. Hagenson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 1159-1164
Fusion Reactor Design—II | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24887
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The poloidal-field-dominated confinement properties of the Reversed-Field Pinch (RFP) are exploited to examine physics and technical issues related to compact, high-power-density fusion reactors. Past studies of the Compact RFP Reactor (CRFPR) were based on a liquid-metal-cooled fusion power core (FPC) that confined high-density plasma at high beta with fields generated by resistive coils. These early framework studies combine with a better conceptual understanding of RFP confinement, impurity control, and current drive to justify further study. A comprehensive systems and trade study has been conducted as part of an ongoing in-depth reactor assessment. Optimal reactor designs, directions, and design sensitivities emerging from this study are described.