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Construction begins on Kairos’s fluoride salt–cooled test reactor
Earlier today, on a site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., that was formerly home to the K-33 Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Kairos Power marked the start of construction on its low-power demonstration reactor. Named Hermes, the 35-MWt test reactor claims status as the first Gen IV reactor to be approved for construction by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the first non–light water reactor to be permitted in the United States in more than 50 years.
H. Nakajima, K. Hamada, K. Takano, F. Tajiri, Y. Takahashi, T. Hiyama, Y. Nunoya, Y. Uno, J. Okayama, M. Nishi, T. Kato, H. Matsui, T. Honda, Y. Takaya, H. Tsuji, K. Kawano, M. Oshikiri, K. Nishida, T. Kawasaki, S. Shimamoto, T. Isono, H. Hanawa, T. Ito, K. Imahashi, M. Sugimoto, S. Scki, S. Sckiguchi, K. Ohotsu, N. Koizumi, H. Wakabayashi, T. Ohuchi, T. Ando
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1248-1252
Fusion Magnet Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963119
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So as to demonstrate the superconducting magnet technology to be developed for construction of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), model coils were designed and are now being fabricated. For testing of these model coils, a world's largest test facility for superconducting magnets was constructed and its test operations were successfully done. This paper describes the test program of the model coils and performance test results of the test facility to achieve the goals of the test program.