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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
P. Collarin, A. Luchctta, P. Sonato, V. Toigo, P. Zaccaria, G. Zollino
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1000-1004
Fusion Blanket and Shield Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963067
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A heating system based on eddy currents has been developed for the vacuum vessel of the RFX Reversed Field Pinch device.
After a testing phase, carried out at low power, the final power supply system has been designed and installed. It has been used during last year to bake out the vessel and the graphite first wall up to 320 °C.
Recently the heating system has been completed with a control system that allows for baking sessions with an automatic control of the vacuum vessel temperature and for pulse sessions with a heated first wall.
After the description of the preliminary analyses and tests, and of the main characteristics of the power supply and control systems, the experimental results of the baking sessions performed during last year are presented.
