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Conference on Nuclear Training and Education: A Biennial International Forum (CONTE 2025)
February 3–6, 2025
Amelia Island, FL|Omni Amelia Island Resort
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Ontario eyes new nuclear development
A 1,300-acre site left undeveloped on the shores of Lake Ontario four decades ago could see new life as the home to a large nuclear facility.
C. Wang, B. Lu, J. Liang, H. Zeng, X. Y. Bai, Y. L. Chen, M. Huang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 73 | Number 4 | May 2018 | Pages 539-544
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1396149
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A pillbox-type radio-frequency window for lower-hybrid current drive power transmission of 3.7 GHz for 200 kW/2 s is designed. The relative permittivity and the loss tangent of several domestic materials—alumina, boron nitride, and sapphire—are exactly compared by the rectangular cavity perturbation method, and finally, the sapphire is chosen as the window medium. The reflection coefficient of the optimized window can reach 55−dB at 3.7 GHz simulated by high-frequency simulation software, and the peak temperature rise can be limited at 20°C with maximum thermal stress of 1.7 MPa by thermal and mechanical analysis. In the high-power test, 221 kW/3 s energy passes the welded window.