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Illinois legislature lifts ban on nuclear energy, funds clean energy
The Illinois General Assembly passed a clean energy bill on October 30 that would, in part, lift a 30-year moratorium on new nuclear energy in the state and create incentives for more energy storage.
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Plasma Facing Components Technology (Poster Session) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963729
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Low energy hydrogen plasma was applied to a graphite target by the linear steady plasma facility MAP(Materials And Plasma). The Hα (656.285 nm) spectrum emitted from reflected hydrogen atoms were measured to investigate hydrogen release processes from a graphite target. Broadening, peak shift and intensity of the Hα spectrum were compared with those in the previous experiments of tungsten target. The results indicated that a large fraction of hydrogen particles is released as molecules from the graphite surface.