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PJM queues a fusion project among 810 others
The breakdown by number of projects, share of megawatts, and generation types in PJM’s new interconnection cycle. (Source: PJM Interconnection)
On April 27, PJM Interconnection closed its first full interconnection cycle since 2022. Under a reformed application process, 811 developers submitted generation projects capable of generating 220 gigawatts of electricity. About 400 megawatts of that total share comes from Commonwealth Fusion Systems, which submitted an application for its ARC fusion power plant. This is a notable milestone for the industry: it is the first time a developer has requested to connect a commercial fusion power plant to a major grid.
B. D. Ganapol
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 198 | Number 8 | August 2024 | Pages 1497-1533
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2023.2255727
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Extreme benchmarks of 10 or more places for the point kinetics equations for time-dependent nuclear reactor power transients are rare. Therefore, to establish an extreme benchmark, we employ a Taylor series (TS) with continuous analytical continuation to solve the ordinary differential equations of point kinetics including feedback. Nonlinear Wynn-epsilon convergence acceleration confirms the highly precise solutions for neutron and precursor densities. Through adaptive partitioning of time intervals, the proposed Converged Accelerated Taylor Series, or CATS algorithm in double precision, automatically performs successive mesh refinement to obtain high-precision initial conditions for each subinterval, with the intent to reduce propagation error. Confirmation of 10 to 12 places comes from comparison to the BEFD (Backward Euler Finite Difference) algorithm in quadruple precision also developed by the author. We report benchmark results for common cases found in the literature including step, ramp, zigzag, and sinusoidal prescribed reactivity insertions and insertions with nonlinear adiabatic Doppler feedback. We also establish a suite of new prescribed reactivity insertions and insertions with feedback, based on reactivities with Taylor series representations as suggested by the CATS algorithm.