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Constellation seeks FERC help with Crane restart
When the former Three Mile Island-1 restarts in 2027 as the Crane Clean Energy Center, it will not face a delay of several years before it can be reconnected to the grid, Constellation CEO Joseph Dominguez said this week.
Among the items that emerged on Constellation and the Crane restart in Middletown, Pa., during last week’s CERAWeek energy conference was a Reuters report on an analysis from electric grid provider PJM suggesting the plant may not be connected to the grid until 2031.
Max Chazalon, Jean-Louis Boutard, Michael Ian Budd, Antonino Cardella, Wolfgang Dänner, Paul Dinner, Dain Evans, Markus Iseli, Bernard Libin, Frans Moons, Jos Nihoul, Marc A. Vassiliadis, Gottfried Vieider, Chung Hsiung Wu, Ezio Zolti
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 14 | Number 1 | July 1988 | Pages 82-144
Technical Paper | Net Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST88-A25153
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The Next European Torus (NET) in-vessel components consisting of first wall, divertor, and blanket/shield are subject to severe nuclear and thermal radiation. Their reliability and maintainability are crucial to the success of the NET mission. The requirements, options, preliminary design solution, and materials considerations for these components are described.