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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
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Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Christmas Night
Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNo electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged in by the chimney with careWith the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
G. W. Brown, J. A. Koski, R. D. Watson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1729-1734
Plasma Heating, Impurity Control, and Fueling | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40010
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Advanced Limiter Test II (ALT-II) is an axisymmetric toroidal belt pump limiter scheduled for installation on the TEXTOR tokamak in 1986. ALT-II consists of eight blade segments mounted on adjustable supports located 45° down from the outboard midplane of the torus. The passivelycooled pump limiter is designed to remove 5–10% of the plasma efflux and can withstand heat loads on its leading edges up to 300 W/cm2 for 3 second pulse durations. Engineering analyses for ALT-II include calculations of Lorentz forces that could arise during disruptions and predictions of thermal stresses in the blades. The blades are designed to withstand these conditions without compromising pumping efficiency. Support and drive mechanisms are being designed to operate reliably in TEXTOR with minimum introduction of impurities.
