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North American construction is back—smaller and faster—at OPG’s Darlington
“The nuclear renaissance is real here,” said Ontario Power Generation’s Subo Sinnathamby on May 8, one year to the day after OPG secured a final investment decision to build the first of four planned BWRX-300 reactors at its Darlington nuclear power plant, and shortly after the new reactor’s foundation was lifted into place. “We got our license to construct in April and our [final investment decision] in May, and we’ve been off to the races since.”
Michael G. Izenson, Javier A. Valenzuela
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1828-1834
Plasma-Facing Component | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29984
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Helium cooling offers safety advantages for fusion reactors because helium is single-phase and chemically inert. The Normal Flow Heat Exchanger (NFHX) enables highly efficient heat transfer to helium with low pressure drops at high heat fluxes. Thus, the NFHX enables helium cooling of divertor panels in Tokamak reactors and potentially enhances the safety of fusion power production. This paper explains the NFHX concept, presents the current status of the technology, and shows how the NFHX can be used to cool divertor panels in Tokamak reactors.