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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.”
M. Zucchetti, B. Coppi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 2017-2022
Safety, Recycling, and Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30017
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A study on the activation of the Ignitor machine is performed. The machine has been modelled with the neutron transport code ANISN, in orderto calculate the neutron fluxes. These have been input in the inventory code ANITA, and the neutron-induced radioactivity in the structures of the machine is obtained. It becomes clear that the activation of certain parts of the machine (vessel, magnets) requires the adoption of remote handling equipment for their maintenance. The substitution of INCONEL 625 (vessel material for Ignitor) by a material with lower long-term activation is discussed.