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Second round of Launch Pad selections includes eight newcomers
The National Reactor Innovation Center at Idaho National Laboratory has announced 13 project selections across 12 companies for the Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, a Department of Energy–led program that integrates reactor and fuel facility authorization, testing, and deployment support for private nuclear developers.
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Ryuji Yoshino, Masaya Ohsawa
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 2 | November 1996 | Pages 159-166
Technical Paper | Special Section: Plasma Control Issues for Tokamaks / Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A30748
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Experimental analyses are presented of fluctuations observed in a plasma-current-center, Ip-center, location and the inward clearance between the outermost flux surface and the first wall at plasma perturbations (e.g., βp collapse and disruption) for JT-60U divertor plasmas. The neutral point for vertical and horizontal movement of the Ip center at plasma disturbances is confirmed, and attachment of the plasma to the inward first wall is avoided because of the increase in li, at fast plasma-current quench. These experimental observations will support the design of fusion reactors like the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER).