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WIPP: Lessons in transportation safety
As part of a future consent-based approach by the federal government to site new deep geologic repositories for nuclear waste, local communities and states that are considering hosting such facilities are sure to have many questions. Currently, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico is the only example of such a repository in operation, and it offers the opportunity for state and local officials to visit and judge for themselves the risks and benefits of hosting a similar facility. But its history can also provide lessons for these officials, particularly the political process leading up to the opening of WIPP, the safety of WIPP operations and transportation of waste from generator facilities to the site, and the economic impacts the project has had on the local area of Carlsbad, as well as the rest of the state of New Mexico.
Y. Fukuzaki, T. Uchimoto, K. Miya
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1222-1225
Fusion Magnet Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963115
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Among the useful properties of a high TC superconductor (HTSC), the pinning effect included in these properties is considered effective one to reduce a plasma instability in the tokamak reactor. This is because the magnetic flux lines produced by plasma current are trapped in the pinning centers, and the trapping force reduces its motion. However, a proper operating scenario of plasma current ramp-up phase is necessary to achieve a practical stabilizing effect,
This paper proposes an operating scenario of plasma start-up for the purpose of optimizing the stabilization method of tokamak plasma by using the HTSC. The operating scenario was designed by introducing several compensation coils. According to computed results, this operating scenario has fully feasibility.