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X-energy forms partnership with Talen Energy to assess Xe-100 deployment
X-energy announced Thursday that it has signed a letter of intent with Talen Energy to assess the deployment of X-energy’s Xe-100 reactor in Pennsylvania and throughout the market area of the PJM Interconnection regional transmission organization. That area, where the companies intend to explore the deployment of at least three four-unit Xe-100 power plants, includes several states in the eastern United States, from New Jersey to Illinois.
K. Hanada, T. Oikawa, K. Nozawa, H. Totsuka, K. Shinohara, E. Ishiyama, N. Shinoda, K. Yamagishi, H. Toyama
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 440-443
Advanced Tokamak And Steady-State Sustainment Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947124
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A low aspect ratio tokamak device has been designed and constructed in University of Tokyo. A cylindrical vacuum vessel is employed. The vessel is divided toroidally into two parts insulated each other. In the vessel, central core composed of ohmic coils and a part of toroidal coils is installed. The aluminum shell is installed to keep the vertical and horizontal equilibrium of the plasma. As the result of several efforts to lower the aspect ratio, the predicted minimum value of the aspect ratio reaches less than 1.2. The predicted advantage of low aspect ratio tokamaks is verified by simulation. The analysis of MHD activities and fluctuations will be carried out, after the assembly is completed.