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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
E. D. Fredrickson, M. C. Zarnstorff, E. A. Lazarus
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 232-237
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1301
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Predictive simulations of target plasmas for the National Compact Stellarator Experiment (NCSX) were performed as part of the design effort. The resistive stability of these simulated target plasmas was studied using a quasi-cylindrical ' stability code, as has been done with some success for W7-AS plasmas. The plasmas were found to be classically unstable to an m = 2, n = 1 tearing mode during the start-up, but the 2/1 saturated island size in the target equilibrium was small, <2%. Inclusion of neoclassical effects resulted in negligible island sizes throughout.
