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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.
P. A. Bagryansky, A. D. Beklemishev, M. S. Chaschin, E. I. Soldatkina (19P45)
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 51 | Number 2 | February 2007 | Pages 337-339
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST07-A1394
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In recent experiments on the GDT device the plasma confinement is shown to improve drastically with strong application of different potentials to the end plates and the limiter. We present experimental and theoretical description of how these potentials influence the plasma rotation, show that the measured plasma potentials indicate presence of global (m ~ 1) modes, and that sufficiently high gradients of potential provide the internal transport barrier by reducing convection.