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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.
O. Motojima, N. Yanagi, S. Imagawa, K. Takahata, S. Yamada, R. Maekawa, H. Chikaraishi, A. Iwamoto, S. Masuzaki, T. Mito, T. Morisaki, A. Nishimura, S. Satoh, T. Satow, H. Tamura, S. Tanahashi, S. Yamaguchi, J. Yamamoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 1226-1233
Fusion Magnet Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963116
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The Large Helical Device is a superconducting toroidal device for the fusion research which has a maximum stored energy of 1.6 GJ (4 T at the plasma center). The LHD has l/m = 2/10 superconducting helical coils and three sets of poloidal coils. The plasma performance expected is equivalent to a Q value (fusion out put/heating power) from 0.1 to 0.3. Since the LHD plasma is currentless, it provides a useful and reliable data base for the steady-state operation without any danger of plasma current disruptions. Therefore, the superconductivity is a key technology in this project. Results of research and development for the superconducting (SC) magnet system of the LHD is reported.
