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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.”
Nikolai G. Basov, Nikolai I. Belousov, Peter A. Grishunin, Vladimir V. Kharitonov, Vladislav B. Rozanov, Valery I. Subbotin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 22 | Number 3 | November 1992 | Pages 350-355
Technical Paper | Nonelectrical Application | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30094
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Incineration of 90Sr and 137Cs by thermal or fast neutrons is a very difficult problem. A 14-MeV neutron source based on inertial confinement fusion is a more appropriate choice. For the first time, the contribution of the (n,2n) reaction to incineration is revealed. The energy and nuclei balance for a system of several nuclear power plants and a fusion reactor for transmutation is analyzed. If the fusion reactor supports a sufficient number of nuclear power plants, it need not produce energy or tritium. Target and blanket material problems are considered. A laser fusion incinerator has the best prospects because of its fast neutron spectrum and high driver efficiency by target gain product.