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Congress receives NRC report on unusual events
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published its annual report to Congress for fiscal year 2023 on abnormal occurrences involving medical and industrial uses of radioactive material.
The report, which was announced by the NRC on May 3, is available on the NRC website.
Jan Källne, Giuseppe Gorini
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 25 | Number 3 | May 1994 | Pages 341-352
Technical Paper | Alpha-Particle Special / Experimental Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST94-A30291
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The development of next-step neutron spectrometers for use on high-power (especially burning) fusion plasmas is described. The expected performance specifications of optimized designs are compared with the fundamental limits of neutron diagnostics set by the underlying nuclear reactions for neutron detection. The potential results of the next-step spectrometers on the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) and the Joint European Torus (JET) are illustrated, especially those derivable from details in the single-component neutron spectrum of thermal ion reactions and from the separation of thermal and suprathermal ion reactions in multiple-component spectra. The information content and its relationship to the quality of neutron spectrometry data are illustrated, and some implications on alpha-particle issues are discussed.