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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
C. Neumeyer, R. Woolley
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 422-428
Advanced Designs | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963272
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The FIRE experiment1 will present a net electric power demand approaching 1000MW for 10's of seconds, repeated once every 2 hours, delivered to the load via thyristor AC/DC converters which exhibit a widely varying power factor. The issues associated with the supply of such a load from the utility grid can be divided into two categories:
▪transmission line power flow vs. capacity▪voltage deviation within the grid vs. limits▪frequency deviation within the grid vs. limits▪loading of electrical equipment (e.g. generators)▪control of power generation (e.g. steam turbines)
transmission line power flow vs. capacity
voltage deviation within the grid vs. limits
frequency deviation within the grid vs. limits
loading of electrical equipment (e.g. generators)
control of power generation (e.g. steam turbines)
▪control and monitoring of grid power flow▪coordination of protection systems▪repetitive cycling of power system equipment▪allowance for contingency on tie line power flows▪power flow reversal▪harmonic content of load▪power and energy monitoring, billing rate structure
control and monitoring of grid power flow
coordination of protection systems
repetitive cycling of power system equipment
allowance for contingency on tie line power flows
power flow reversal
harmonic content of load
power and energy monitoring, billing rate structure
