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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.
G. Rodin, Y. L. Hwang, R. Carrera, R. Mohanti, C. A. Ordonez
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1745-1749
Impurity Control and Plasma-Facing Component | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29594
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A relatively simple and low cost first wall system concept for a fusion ignition experiment is proposed and analyzed here. The basic idea is to use plasma gun technology to spray a thin layer of beryllium over the inside surface in the vacuum vessel. This concept is analyzed for the fusion ignition experiment IGNITEX. To minimize peaking factors during regular operation, a continuous limiter plasma control is envisioned. With presently available data on beryllium coatings, a thermomechanical stress analysis during a major disruption process at ignition is analyzed. It is concluded that the basic concept of the full beryllium coating over the vacuum vessel is feasible on a preliminary basis. Some research and development needs in this area are discussed.