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U.S. nuclear fuel recycling takes two steps forward
Late last week saw two announcements from companies working to recycle used nuclear fuel on a commercial scale, providing welcome news to anyone hoping to see the United States move to unlock the hidden potential of the more than 94,000 metric tons of spent fuel stored at power plant sites around the country.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 58-61
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1313
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Recent R&D of an edge Thomson scattering system for ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) are reviewed. We have designed a diagnostic laser system (5 J, 100 Hz) based on JT-60U diagnostic laser design (7.46J, 50Hz). New laser oscillator has been developed, and prototype amplifier has been assembled for ITER. Regarding a collection optics in a port plug, improvement of previous design has been carrying out. As for spectrometers, a new technique of Fourier transform spectrometer for Thomson scattering has been considered in addition to a filter polychromator.
