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This week, the United States and South Korea have taken two steps toward deepening their nuclear partnership through two notable announcements. First, the majority-state owned Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power signed a memorandum of understanding with Birmingham, Ala.–based Southern Nuclear.
Charles C. Baker
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 707-716
Power Reactor Studies | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40122
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It has been five years or more since the last major studies were completed of the tokamak as a commercial power reactor. During that time there have been major physics and technology developments in magnetic fusion as well as programmatic and political changes. There exists a significant number of new ideas which can substantially improve the tokamak concept as a power reactor. This paper outlines some major goals and new directions for a series of scoping studies - Tokamak Power Systems Studies - which are currently in progress.