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Illinois legislature lifts ban on nuclear energy, funds clean energy
The Illinois General Assembly passed a clean energy bill on October 30 that would, in part, lift a 30-year moratorium on new nuclear energy in the state and create incentives for more energy storage.
Saira Gulfam, Kamran Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal, Muhammad Taimoor Saleem, Zahoor Ahmad
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 81 | Number 3 | April 2025 | Pages 232-243
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2024.2392412
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During tokamak operation, the structural integrity of the vacuum vessel (VV) of Metallic Tokamak-I (MT-I), a small spherical tokamak, was evaluated. This evaluation involved simulating real experimental data of electromagnetic (EM) and structural loads using the ANSYS platform. Internal heat generation, induced currents, and inertial and pressure loads in the VV were analyzed to determine their effects on the VV. This analysis was conducted on a 180-deg sector model over a 10-ms-event period. To create multiple checkpoint events, the plasma current was assumed to be formed at variable positions of the VV, hence inducing variable current for each event. The events are divided into four cases based on the radial and vertical displacements of plasma. The response of the VV structure was calculated using coupling of EM and structural modules of ANSYS. It is observed from the numerical results that the maximum stress on the VV is in a safe range and that the temperature rise on the vessel can be reduced by natural convection only if the event is ended in 10 ms. A prolonged event can result in permanent deformation in the VV structure. A disruption event on the limiter region is also studied.