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NRC wants input on Hermes 2 test reactor construction permit
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking input on its draft environmental assessment and draft finding of no significant impact for Kairos Power’s application to build the Hermes 2 test reactor facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Keeman Kim, Won-Ho Choe
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 3 | November 1991 | Pages 304-322
Technical Paper | Energy Storage, Switching, and Conversion | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29671
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A laser-target-coil system is studied to explore the possibility of controlling the conversion of laser energy to a high-strength magnetic field. An analytic self-similar solution to a set of fluid equations is derived in two dimensions for the description of a laser-produced corona expanding rapidly away from the target surface. The self-similar model is then used to study the transport of hot electrons, using a method of particle simulation, A circuit equation is solved to characterize the electrodynamic response of the system to the laterally spreading hot electrons, A millimetre-size megagauss field can be produced in a useful mode if a CO2 laser beam is focused on the target at intensities >1014 W/cm2.