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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.”
P.N. Haubenreich, S. Shimamoto, P. Komarek, G. Vécsey
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 909-914
Magnet Engineering, Design and Experiments — I | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39809
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In the 10-year-long Large Coil Task, the U.S., EURATOM, Japan and Switzerland separately designed and jointly tested six superconducting toroidal field coils, having 2.5 × 3.5-m bores. Three coils were bath-cooled; three used forced flow. Five used NbTi conductors; one Nb3Sn. All were fully instrumented. All coils surpassed 8-T design criteria, reaching peak fields of 9.0 T. Tests demonstrated tolerances for internal heating and safety under abnormal conditions (e.g., loss of flow). Data were gained in experiments to extreme conditions. This paper summarizes results, both technical and with regard to successful international collaboration.