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Restart progress and a new task force in Iowa
This week, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order to form the Iowa Nuclear Energy Task Force, the purpose of which will be to “advise her, the General Assembly, and relevant state agencies on the development and advancement of nuclear energy technologies and infrastructure in the state.”
Yahya Sadeghi, Hossain Rasouli, Farid Sedighi, Mehdi Jafargholi, Samaneh Yarmahmoodi, Hojjat Babaee
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 81 | Number 1 | January 2025 | Pages 73-81
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2024.2316989
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The main acting parameters in tokamak plasma experiments, such as currents and electric and magnetic fields, are present inside and outside the plasma volume. To analyze the changes in the shape of tokamak plasma, it is necessary to use experimental data obtained from magnetic measurements. Until recently, a four-digit magnetic probe (MP) was used for qualitative analysis of the magnetic field, but its accuracy was low, and it could not be practically used as a diagnostic system. Following the Magnetic Confinement Group, Tokamak Laboratories’ approach to optimize and improve the measurement of plasma parameters, the use of a richer array of MPs to accurately measure changes in the magnetic field and identify plasma parameters in the Alvand tokamak was considered. In order to upgrade the magnetic diagnostic system, two MP arrays were designed and manufactured. Each array contains 12 poloidal and radial probes. The MPs of each array were attached to Mylar belts and mounted on the vacuum vessel of the tokamak. In addition, an integrator unit was designed and installed as a magnetic diagnostic subsystem. The conducted research involved the MP and calibration setup followed by preliminary tests of the array probe.