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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.
Peter Jung
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 33 | Number 1 | January 1998 | Pages 63-67
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A16
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Hydrogen is considered one of the major problems for ferritic and martensitic steel structures in future fusion reactors. In contrast to hydrogen from other sources, hydrogen produced by nuclear transmutations cannot be kept away by barriers but must be drained off through the surfaces. An upper limit of the diffusion distance is derived at which the stationary concentration of hydrogen stays below the critical concentration for hydrogen embrittlement. In addition a lower limit for the effusion time is given that is needed to reduce the hydrogen concentration below a certain level during shutdown periods. Similar considerations are applied to the target of a planned spallation neutron source.