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Flamanville-3 reaches full power
France’s state-owned electric utility EDF has announced that Flamanville-3—the country’s first EPR—reached full nuclear thermal power for the first time, generating 1,669 megawatts of gross electrical power. This major milestone is significant in terms of both this project and France’s broader nuclear sector.
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Calculations are made of 2.5-MeV neutron yields via D-D reactions from various beam line components, including beam targets and a neutralizer gas cell, and of x-ray generation from accelerator columns in deuterium beam injectors of various energies from 40 to 200 keV, with accelerator powers ranging from 2 to 20 MW per beam line. The calculated neutron intensities from the neutral beam injector systems for present and future fusion research are in the range between 1011 and 1013 n/s and warrant biological shielding in most cases, even for low duty cycle operation. X radiation from the accelerator columns becomes a health physics concern only for injectors with energy higher than ∼100 keV.