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Swiss nuclear power and the case for long-term operation
Designed for 40 years but built to last far longer, Switzerland’s nuclear power plants have all entered long-term operation. Yet age alone says little about safety or performance. Through continuous upgrades, strict regulatory oversight, and extensive aging management, the country’s reactors are being prepared for decades of continued operation, in line with international practice.
Kamran Ahmad, Zahoor Ahmad, Saira Gulfam, Muhammad Taimoor Saleem, Muhammad Bilal, Asad Yaqoob Mian
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 80 | Number 2 | February 2024 | Pages 196-204
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2214269
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The achievement of a high toroidal magnetic field in a small spherical tokamak is challenging because of the small bore area in the central cylinder of the vacuum vessel. In this paper, we present a toroidal field coil of 0.3 T at the center of the MT-II tokamak. It has been designed, developed, and tested for installation at Pakistan Tokamak Plasma Research Institute (PTPRI). The coil is made of highly pure oxygen-free copper. It has a cross-sectional area of 10 × 15 mm2 (150 mm2) for the flow of an approximately 20-kA current to produce a 0.33 T toroidal magnetic field at the center of the tokamak. Mechanical support for the central stack of the inner legs is provided by a twisted grooved nylon cylinder to control the torque and attractive forces. The repulsive force density between the joints of the outer and inner legs is balanced by nuts and bolts along with an insulated ring of Teflon and an isolated metallic clamp from both ends. This compressive force also reduces connection resistance. The simulated currents and magnetic field are confirmed from the experimental results as well.