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WIPP improves utility shaft safety, begins infrastructure project
Harrison Western Shaft Sinkers (HWSS), the company drilling a new utility shaft at the Department of Energy’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico, has retained a safety culture expert following a near-miss accident in the shaft late last year. The safety expert will conduct monthly facilitated discussions with crews working on the shaft to reinforce expectations for identifying concerns regarding unsafe circumstances, according to a recent report by the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB).
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 33 | Number 2 | March 1998 | Pages 313-320
Diagnostics | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11947023
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The theory of electromagnetic wave propagation in a cold plasma is only briefly treated. Optical approximations made for diagnostic applications arc mentioned. Refractive index measurements via FIR-interferometry are discussed and an electron density profile evaluation is illustrated. The principle of microwave reflectometry is presented and examples from fixed frequency and pulsed radar reflectometry are shown. The theoretical background of electron cyclotron emission is given in a simplified version and examples of electron temperature measurements on TEXTOR are presented.