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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.
Martin L. Hoppe
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 41 | Number 3 | May 2002 | Pages 234-237
Technical Paper | Fourteenth Target Fabrication Specialists' Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST02-A17905
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Recent developments in making glass shells from M-doped glow discharge polymer (GDP) deposited by plasma polymerization (where M = Si or Ti) have significantly expanded the diameter and wall thickness obtainable by this process. Further, the wall uniformity of glass shells made by this process are generally superior to those made by the traditional drop-tower approach. We have also been able to pressurize a glass shell with Ar by taking advantage of the permeability properties of the glass before it is converted to full density where it becomes essentially impermeable to most gases.