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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
J. L. Sperling, A. J. Glassman, K. G. Moses, B. H. Quon
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 1 | July 1986 | Pages 78-83
Technical Paper | Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24748
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A self-consistent method is described for determining the static magnetic-field reduction in a magnetized plasma with a specified density profile by radiofrequency (rf)-driven rotating magnetic fields (RMFs). Electron-ion collisions and transport losses are included in the analysis. Application of RMF current drive to tandem mirrors and rotomak reactors is considered. The results of the calculations show that magnetic wells can be produced in mirror configurations, and reversal of applied static magnetic fields can be generated in rotomak geometries by RMF for modest investments of rf power at frequencies for which the rf technology is economically attractive.
