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NRC issues draft EA/FONSI for Duane Arnold restart
Efforts by NextEra Energy to restart the Duane Arnold nuclear power plant as early as 2029 continue to move forward with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's preliminary environmental assessment and determination that the restart would have no significant environmental impacts.
On Thursday, the NRC posted a draft environmental assessment and a finding of no significant impact for the Palo, Iowa, facility; the Federal Register notice was published on Monday. The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Dominance Financing is a cooperating agency on the draft EA, as the DOE is considering providing financial assistance to the restart project.
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.