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General Atomics marks completion of ITER’s superconducting fusion magnet
General Atomics last week celebrated the completion of the central solenoid modules for the ITER reactor being built in southern France. Designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power, the ITER tokamak will be the world’s largest experimental fusion facility.
Robert E. Holtz, Hans K. Fauske, Donald T. Eggen
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 47 | Number 2 | February 1972 | Pages 225-228
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE72-A22400
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An analytical investigation is presented of the influence of a fast reactor environment on the incipient boiling superheat of the sodium coolant. Calculated results show that for the size range of surface cavities expected in LMFBR systems, the influence of the reactor environment on incipient superheat should be quite small.
