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PPPL study points to better fusion plasma control
The combination of two previously known methods for managing plasma conditions can result in enhanced control of plasma in a fusion reactor, according to a simulation performed by researchers at the Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
Ekaterina Sergeevna Kormazeva, Anastasia Romanovna Kulakova, Vladimir Ilyich Novikov, Ramiz Avtandilovich Aliev
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 197 | Number 7 | July 2023 | Pages 1293-1304
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2022.2162303
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Cross sections for the 141Pr(α,x) 144,143,141Pm, 138mPr, 141cum,140cumNd, and 139cumCe reactions were measured by the stacked foil technique at an alpha-particle range of 60 to 20 MeV. Most of the data were obtained for the first time. Experimental data were compared with earlier research and theoretical values from the TENDL-2021 database. Thick target yields of activation products were calculated. The reaction 141Pr(α,5n)140Pm (9.2 s)→140Nd was compared with other 140Nd production routes.