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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.”
Yoichi Watanabe, Jacob Appelbaum
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 615-619
Advanced Fission Reactors | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946907
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A magnetically stabilized fluidized bed nuclear fission reactor (MSFBR) concept is proposed. A large number of fuel particles with 1 mm diameter containing ferromagnetic material are floated in the reactor core by balancing the gravitational force and the drag force of helium coolant flow. Superconducting solenoid coils produce magnetic fields inside the reactor core. Advantages of the MSFBR concept are its excellent heat transfer property from the fuel to the coolant and improved safety, while the bed is stabilized by the magnetic force, contrary to previous fluidized bed reactor concepts.