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Browns Ferry’s reactors receive subsequent license renewals
The operating licenses for the three boiling water reactors at Browns Ferry nuclear power plant, in Athens, Ala., have each been renewed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for an additional 20 years. The reactors, operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, are now licensed to operate until December 2053 for Unit 1, June 2054 for Unit 2, and July 2056 for Unit 3.
N. N. Gorelenkov, A. V. Krasilnikov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 2 | March 1991 | Pages 207-216
Technical Paper | Alpha Particle in Fusion Research | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29360
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The possibility of using active charge-exchange (CX) diagnostics based on helium and lithium beam injection to investigate the confined alpha-particle distribution function in future fusion experiments is considered. The required helium beam densities are determined by mathematic modeling of the physical processes (double CX, attenuation of the doping beam, and CX flow, taking into account the step processes). They are found to be ∼1 A for a 40-keV beam for thermalized (“ash”) alpha-particle diagnostics and 30 to 600 mA for a 0.35 to 0.65 MeV/amu HeH+ ion source for hot alpha-particle diagnostics. A 3He beam with energy of 500 keV (He+ ion source) and intensity of 0.1 to 3 A is proposed for measurement of the alpha-particle distribution function in the energy range of 0.2 to 2 MeV.
