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      Notes on fusion

      The ST25-HTS tokamak.

      Governments around the world have been interested in fusion for more than 70 years. Fusion research was largely secret until 1968, when the Soviets unveiled exciting results from their tokamak (a magnetic confinement fusion device with a particular configuration that produces a toroidal plasma). The Soviets realized that tokamaks were not useful as weapons but could produce plasma in the million-degree temperature range to demonstrate Soviet scientific and technical prowess to the world.

      Following this breakthrough, government laboratories around the world continued to pursue various methods of confining hot plasma to understand plasma physics under extreme conditions, getting closer and closer to the conditions necessary for fusion energy production. Tokamaks have been by far the most successful configuration. In the 1990s, the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory produced 10 MW of fusion power using deuterium-tritium fusion. A few years later, the Joint European Torus (JET) in the United Kingdom increased that to 16 MW, getting close to breakeven using 24 MW of power to heat the plasma.

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Position Statements

The American Nuclear Society provides statements which reflect the Society's perspectives on issues of public interest that involve various aspects of nuclear science and technology. Position statements are prepared by key members whose relevant experience or publications inform the documents and then the documents are reviewed by ANS committees and divisions. The final position statements are approved by the Board of Directors.

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Advanced Reactors — ANS-35-2018

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Clearance of Solid Materials from Nuclear Facilities — ANS-50-2008

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Creation of an Independent Entity to Manage U.S. Used Nuclear Fuel — ANS-22-2015

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Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Reactors — ANS-13-2015

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Disposal of Low-Level Radioactive Waste — ANS-11-2017

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Disposition of Surplus Weapons Plutonium — ANS-47-2020

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Diversity in the Nuclear Profession — ANS-66-2018

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Food Irradiation — ANS-28-2009

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Fusion Energy — ANS-12-2016

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Health Effects of Low-Level Radiation — ANS-41-2020

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Interim Storage of Used or Spent Nuclear Fuel — ANS-76-2017

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Licensing of Yucca Mountain as a Geological Repository for Radioactive Wastes — ANS-80-2009

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Maintaining a Viable Nuclear Industry Workforce — ANS-29-2006

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Nonproliferation — ANS-55-2009

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Nuclear Energy's Role in Climate Change Policy — ANS-44-2019

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Nuclear Engineering Licensure — ANS-61-2003

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Nuclear Facility Safety Standards — ANS-24-2006

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Nuclear Fuel Recycling — ANS-45-2014

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission — ANS-77-2016

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Nuclear Technology's Critical Role In The World's Future Energy Supply — ANS-43-2019

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Price-Anderson Act — ANS-54-2019

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Reactor Safety — ANS-51-2007

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Research and Training Reactors — ANS-53-2011

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Risk-Informed and Performance-Based Regulations for Nuclear Power Plants — ANS-46-2017

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The Safety of Transporting Radioactive Materials — ANS-18-2017

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Small Modular Reactors — ANS-25-2020

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Societal Benefits of Radiation — ANS-73-2008

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Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion Systems — ANS-40-2009

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Stewardship of Nuclear Engineering Education — ANS-21-2007

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U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants: A Vital National Asset — ANS-26-2017

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U.S. Global Nuclear Leadership Through Export-Driven Engagement — ANS-83-2012

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U.S. Radioisotope Supply — ANS-30-2004

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The Use of Highly Enriched Uranium for the Production of Medical Isotopes — ANS-72-2005

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The Use of Thorium as Nuclear Fuel — ANS-78-2006

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