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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
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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.
H. Kita, M. Oda, Y. Akutsu, T. Wada, Y. Kazawa, S. Kakiuchi, N. Tada, K. Uo, O. Motojima
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1693-1697
Magnet Engineering | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40004
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A new superconductor joint, named the “Pipe Pressing Method”, has been developed and the characteristic of the joint was investigated considering its application to Heliotron F and G(1)(2)(3) which are being designed as the next reactor models of Heliotron E (1) at Kyoto University. We have observed that this joint is almost superconducting. The critical current density of the joint at 6 Tesla is 310 A/mm2 which is about one third that of the original superconductor. The voltage drop across the joints is less than 2µV. Utilizing this method, the total cooling power for the superconducting coil system for Heliotron G reactor(2) is estimated to increase at most several percent.
