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NRC nominee Nieh commits to independent safety mission
During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing today, Ho Nieh, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve as a commissioner at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, was urged to maintain the agency’s independence regardless of political pressure from the Trump administration.
Marco Ariola, Giuseppe Ambrosino, Jonathan B. Lister, Alfredo Pironti, Fabio Villone, P. Vyas
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 36 | Number 2 | September 1999 | Pages 126-138
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A97
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A high-order, multivariable, modern plasma controller has been designed using H optimal control techniques and tested on the Tokamak Configuration Variable (TCV) tokamak. An initial design for the control of the plasma current, position, and shape parameters is described. The design process was based on the CREATE-L linearized model of TCV, and the controller was implemented on a digital processor. The results demonstrated that the required performance was delivered and the controller response was in good agreement with predictions using the model.
