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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin talks the future of nuclear
In a recent interview on New York radio station 77 WABC, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Lee Zeldin talked with host John Catsimatidis about the near-term future of the domestic nuclear industry and the role the EPA will play in the sector.
Catsimatidis kicked off the interview by asking if the U.S. will be able to reach total energy independence. Zeldin responded by saying that decreasing energy dependence on other countries, especially adversaries, was a top priority for him and the Trump administration.
R.D. Pillsbury, Jr., J.H. Schultz, R.J. Thome
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 504-507
The Compact Ignition Tokamak Program | Proceedings of the Seveth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Reno, Nevada, June 15–19, 1986) | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24796
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Preliminary designs for the poloidal field coil system for several alternative concepts for the Ignition Studies Project have been analyzed. Options include both a limiter and divertor configuration with PF coils located internal to the TF coil, external to the TF coil, and a mixture of internal and external (hybrid) coils. The effect on the system parameters of ampere-meters, stored and dissipated energy, and peak requirements are reported. The all internal coil configuration for the diverted plasma has significantly lower amperemeters, energy, and power requirements. However, internal coils are disadvantageous from the remote maintenance standpoint.
