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NEA irradiation system ready to deploy at MITR
A new irradiation experimental system is ready for deployment. The rig, which is the focus of In-Core Real-Time Mechanical Testing of Structural Materials (INCREASE-I), an OECD Nuclear Energy Agency project, will be used to conduct stress-relaxation tests of stainless steel at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Reactor (MITR), according to the OECD NEA.
Yuichi Ogawa, Jifang Wang, Takashi Yamamoto, Nobuyuki Inoue, Kunihiko Okano, Tsuneo Amano
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 432-435
Advanced Tokamak And Steady-State Sustainment Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947122
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A large - bootstrap - current tokamak plasma driven by the ohmic seed current has been studied for inductively-operated ultra-long-pulse tokamak fusion reactors. The safety factor profile with the negative magnetic shear has been demonstrated only by the combination of the ohmic and bootstrap currents, by adjusting the density profile, and the bootstrap current fraction more than 80 % is realized with the help of the increased q(0) value.