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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.”
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1774-1780
Plasma Heating, Impurity Control, and Fueling | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40018
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During the preconceptual design phases of a reactor study, many configuration alternatives must be evaluated in a short period of time. A Tandem Mirror Reactor Systems Code (TMRSC) has been developed as a tool in such evaluations. Since plasma heating systems can significantly impact the capital cost and the operational characteristics of a reactor, a heating systems module is an important element of the TMRSC. The module's primary purpose is to supply line power requirements, direct capital costs, and auxiliary system information from a set of physics requirements and general design specifications. The description of the module and some results are presented.