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Norway’s Halden reactor takes first step toward decommissioning
The government of Norway has granted the transfer of the Halden research reactor from the Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) to the state agency Norwegian Nuclear Decommissioning (NND). The 25-MWt Halden boiling water reactor operated from 1958 to 2018 and was used in the research of nuclear fuel, reactor internals, plant procedures and monitoring, and human factors.
Scott W. Haney, L. John Perkins, John Mandrekas, Weston M. Stacey, Jr.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 18 | Number 4 | December 1990 | Pages 606-617
Alpha Particles in Fusion Research | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29253
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Work involving the selection and burn stability control of near-ignited operating points f or the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is described. Using simple volume-averaged zero-dimensional transport models, it is suggested that ITER operation at high densities (1 to 2 × 1020/m3) and low temperatures (6 to 10 keV) may be necessary, or even desirable, even though these plasma parameters are intrinsically thermally unstable. It is argued that these thermal instabilities can be effectively controlled using active feedback based on standard diagnostic signals. In particular, the physical and technological feasibility of three control methods, modulation of neutral beam power, modulation of fueling rate, and controlled injection of impurities, is considered, and recommendations regarding the applicability of these methods to ITER are made.