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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
D. E. Shumaker
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 9 | Number 1 | January 1986 | Pages 75-82
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24703
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A two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic equilibria code is used to demonstrate how the properties of the equilibria depend on the input quantities. This code uses adiabatic quantities as inputs, which are entropy and magnetic flux. With the magnetic flux held constant, it is shown that the length of the separatrix is a smooth function of the total entropy. It is shown that the shape of the separatrix can be changed from elliptical to racetrack by changing the profile of the entropy function. This code can also be used for flux and wall compression since the equilibria are determined by adiabatic quantities. Examples of flux and wall compression are presented. An equilibrium is compared with data from the FRX-C experiment.
