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Along with several other nations, Canada has committed to net-zero emissions by 2050. Part of this plan is tripling nuclear generating capacity. As of 2025, the country has four operating nuclear generating stations with a total of 17 reactors, 16 of which are in the province of Ontario. The Independent Electricity System Operator has recommended that an additional 17,800 MWe of nuclear power be added to Ontario’s grid.
Fabio Pisano, Barbara Cannas, Alessandra Fanni, Giuliana Sias, Marcin W. Jakubowski, Peter Drewelow, Holger Niemann, Aleix Puig Sitjes, Yu Gao, Victor Moncada, Glen Wurden, W7-X Team
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 8 | November 2020 | Pages 933-941
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1819750
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) is the most advanced operating stellarator in fusion research. The monitoring and control of the heat loads on the plasma-facing components (PFCs) will be critical during the next operation phase in which the ten water-cooled divertors will have to withstand heat loads of the order of 10 MW/m2. This paper gives an overview of the image analysis tools for camera spatial calibration and scene modeling that are an essential part of the real-time PFC protection system currently under development at the W7-X. Some applications of these tools are also provided, specifically for the strike-line characterization.
