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Oregon bill would create new feasibility study
Historical photo of Trojan nuclear power plant, ca. 1974. (Photo: DOE)
As concerns over growing energy needs persist, yet another state is reconsidering nuclear power. A piece of legislation is currently progressing through Oregon’s legislature that would direct the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) to conduct a study to assess the feasibility of deploying new power reactors in the state.
B. Ploeckl, P. T. Lang, A. Frattolillo, Y. Igitkhanov, B. Pégourié, E. Fable, Chr. Day, C. Gliss
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 77 | Number 4 | May 2021 | Pages 266-278
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2021.1903784
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
EU-DEMO will be the next step in Europe after ITER on the path toward a fusion power plant. The matter injection systems have to provide the requested material in order to establish, maintain, and terminate the burning plasma. Their main function is to fuel the plasma, but other tasks are addressed as well like delivering matter for generating sufficient core radiation and divertor buffering. In the preconceptual design phase performed from 2014 to 2020, the matter injection systems, in particular pellet injection and gas injection, have been assessed. This work describes the main findings and state of the art of the matter injection systems at the transition from the preconceptual design phase to the conceptual design phase.