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Nuclear engineers called to take NCEES survey
The National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing professional licensure for engineers and surveyors, is seeking nuclear engineers to participate in a professional activities and knowledge study (PAKS) that will be used to inform and update the content of the Nuclear Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam.
T. Iijima, S. Hagiwara, S. Tanaka, A. Tonegawa, Kazutaka Kawamura, Kohnosuke Sato
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 417-419
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16973
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Ion acceleration of high density sheet plasma (ca. 1018 m-3) in a non-uniform magnetic field by ion-cyclotron resonance (ICR) is investigated in a linear divertor plasma simulator, TPD-Sheet IV. The radio frequency (RF) electrodes consist of two parallel plates. The ion energy along the axis of the magnetic field or in the perpendicular direction was measured using a Faraday cup. The experiment was conducted using helium gas and a discharge current of 50 A. The ion energy in the direction perpendicular to the magnetic field line increases by with ion-cyclotron resonance. Ions are also accelerated along the axis of the magnetic field line due to the magnetic field gradient along the axis.