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The World Bank and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement last week to cooperate on the construction and financing of advanced nuclear projects in developing countries, marking the first partnership since the bank ended its ban on funding for nuclear energy projects.
L. Petrizzi, M.E. Sawan, R. T. Santoro, D. Valenza, H. Iida
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 606-610
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963005
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A three dimensional (3-D) shielding analysis of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) has been performed with the aim of calculating the nuclear heating on the magnet system, correlating it to the existing vertical and horizontal ports. When these openings are left unshielded, more than 50 kW are calculated for the upper half of Toroidal Field Coil system and two of the Poloidal Field Coils. A simple plug, with same thickness as of the vacuum vessel can lower the heating to meet the imposed requirements.
