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Playing the “bad guy” to enhance next-generation safety
Sometimes, cops and robbers is more than just a kid’s game. At the Department of Energy’s national laboratories, researchers are channeling their inner saboteurs to discover vulnerabilities in next-generation nuclear reactors, making sure that they’re as safe as possible before they’re even constructed.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 250-252
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The thermal probe method is capable of measuring ion temperature using the heat flow from plasma (Qplasma) versus the bias voltage (Vp) characteristic. Considering the heat transition phenomenon in the probe, we designed the thermal probe in order to obtain the Qplasma-Vp as well as the Ip-Vp characteristics. We performed a preliminary experiment of the thermal probe measurement in the divertor simulator MAP-II, and discuss the results and the assignments of the thermal probe method.
