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Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are investigating the details of plutonium chemistry with the goal of aiding the cleanup of the Hanford Site in Washington state. For more than 40 years, reactors located at Hanford produced plutonium for America’s defense program, resulting in millions of gallons of liquid radioactive and chemical waste.
T. J. Dolan a, J. C. DeVeaux
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 1130-1135
Alternate Fuels and Innovative Confinement Concept | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39845
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The DT fusion neutron yield is calculated as a function of plasma current I for a variety of cases, assuming that the plasma temperature scales as To = Tr(I/Ir)y(ar/a)x where subscripts r denote reference values, and x and y are scaling parameters. The first-wall minor radius a is limited by the tolerable heat flux q. If β = 15 %, R = 4 m, I = 10 MA, and q = 3 MW/m2, then a = 0.43 m, and the 14 MeV neutron current at the first wall is about 1018 neutrons/m2s. a Work begun at Phillips Research Center. On leave from the University of Missouri-Rolla.