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UK-based Tokamak Energy’s superconducting magnet system, which is being built to replicate fusion energy power plant forces, has passed significant milestone cryogenic tests. Creating fusion energy requires strong magnetic fields to confine and control the extremely hot hydrogen fuel, which becomes a plasma several times hotter than the centre of the Sun.

Date: Thursday, 21 September 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstokamak-energys-fusion-magnet-system-passes-cryogenic-tests-11159891

UK-based Tokamak Energy in February announced that it had built the first set of new generation high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to be assembled and tested in fusion power plant-relevant scenarios. The magnets are intended for use in Tokamak’s planned ST-E1 fusion pilot plant expected to demonstrate the capability of delivering electricity into the grid in the early 2030s.

Date: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstokamak-energys-magnets-to-be-tested-at-sandia-laboratories-10806895

Tokamak Energy of the UK is to send its gamma radiation cryostat system to the US Department of Energy's Sandia Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, so that it can be exposed to extreme conditions to test lifetime fusion power plant performance.

Date: Saturday, 29 April 2023
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Tokamak-Energy-magnet-technology-to-be-tested-in-U

US Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) said on 24 August that it was expanding modelling software to support nuclear safety and regulatory activities related to advanced reactor designs. Nuclear power is a significant source of steady carbon-neutral electricity, making the design and construction of new and next-generation nuclear reactors critical for achieving US green energy goals, SNL noted.

Date: Friday, 27 August 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsus-sandia-labs-develop-modelling-software-to-support-advanced-reactor-safety-9032634

In order to help the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) evaluate the safety of the next generation of nuclear power reactors, fuel cycle facilities and fuel technologies, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have been expanding their severe accident modelling computer code, called Melcor, to work with different reactor geometries, fuel types and coolant systems.

Date: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Sandia-extends-computer-modelling-code-to-advanced

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