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Joint NEA project performs high-burnup test
An article in the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s July news bulletin noted that a first test has been completed for the High Burnup Experiments in Reactivity Initiated Accident (HERA) project. The project aim is to understand the performance of light water reactor fuel at high burnup under reactivity-initiated accidents (RIA).
S.V. Ryzhkov, V.I. Khvesyuk, A.A. Ivanov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 43 | Number 1 | January 2003 | Pages 304-306
Field Reversed Configuration and Neutron Sources | doi.org/10.13182/FST03-A11963620
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The high fusion power density resulting from high beta (the ratio of the plasma to magnetic energy density) and natural divertor make the field-reversed configuration (FRC) a prime candidate for fusion reactor other than tokamak, the so-called alternate concept. Brief review of the simple compact system with natural advantages and reactor potential is given. Theoretical and experimental results over the last seven years are discussed.