Tours

Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Approximately 9AM – 2PM

The conference offers three tours. All will be held during the morning of Wednesday, September 29, 2010. All tours will leave the hotel by bus promptly  at 9AM that morning, and return by 2PM. Lunch is not provided. All tours require prior registration; the Seabrook tour requires telephone submittal of personal information noted below. Information restricted by privacy laws should not be emailed or faxed, but be called to the IEEE Section office (+1 781 245 5405) Upon arrival at Seabrook, a government-issued picture ID is required (Passport for Non-US).

 

Tour # 1 - MIT Campus and PSFC

Tour #1, MIT Campus and PSFC, will include the MIT campus and the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. The campus portion will give an overview of MIT, with viewing of newer buildings and the engineering library. The latter portion will focus on the plasma fusion center, including the control room of the Alcator high field plasma fusion research machine, viewing of other containment devices, and discussion of operation of such equipment. Extensive walking is required; the control room is handicap accessible.

 

Tour # 2 - Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant

Tour#2 , Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant, will include the visitor center at the operating power station and a tour inside the plant, including (depending on number of participants) either the plant control room or an identical training control room. The visitor center has a large auditorium, NUC101 film presentation, pictures of inside plant and reactor and may be accessed without personal clearance.

The plant is not accessible for handicapped, requires 1/3 mile walk from center to plant, climbing, walking, hard hats, safety glasses, metal detector. Plant tour does not go inside reactor building, but includes secondary side equipment, passes by reactor building, includes training control room duplication of the real one.

To tour inside the plant, all visitors must be cleared by security 1week in advance, then sign paperwork and present ID on site. US citizens need name and SSN in advance and photo ID on site. Non-US citizens need name, address of residence, passport and visa information in advance, passport on site. Information restricted by privacy laws should not be emailed or faxed, but be called to the IEEE Section office (at phone 781-245-5405). Upon arrival at Seabrook, a government-issued picture ID is required (Passport for Non-US).

Tour # 3 Beacon Power Corporation

Tour#3, Beacon Power Corp., will tour the manufacturing facility and utility regulation facility and its control room. This will include viewing of a working 1MW utility prototype flywheel energy storage system on their site, providing frequency regulation services and 15 minute storage capacity to the local grid, with control room, and installed 100kW elements. Viewing of components such as the rotor (a graded density construction), motor generator, electronics, bearings, vacuum envelope and containment ring. This tour may return by 1PM.

 

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