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Transport by Barge and Road: Shipping Crystal River’s Segmented RPV to Disposal
The Optimized Segmentation process patented by Orano Decommissioning Services was successfully implemented for the first time at the Crystal River Unit 3 (CR-3) decommissioning project in Florida [1]. Using this approach, Orano was able to avoid the time- and resource-intensive process of packaging components into numerous standardized waste containers and significantly reduced the required segmentation activities.
S. V. Mirnov, V. A. Evtikhin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 3 | April 2005 | Pages 698-702
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - Divertor and Plasma-Facing Components | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A766
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The experimental study of liquid metal tokamak limiters was undertaken in Russian T-3M and T-11M tokamaks (Ip 100kA BT [is approximately equal to] 1T) between 1990-2004. In T-3M droplet stream and film flow Ga limiters were tested. In T-11M the experiments with Li Capillary Pore Systems (CPS) as rail limiter for investigation of real Li erosion in typical tokamak boundary condition (Te = 30 ± 10 eV, Pload = 10 MW/m2, D, He plasma) were performed. It was shown, that use of a liquid metal as material of tokamak limiter has not a serious physical obstacles.
