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The 2025 ANS election results are in!
Spring marks the passing of the torch for American Nuclear Society leadership. During this election cycle, ANS members voted for the newest vice president/president-elect, treasurer, and six board of director positions (four U.S., one non-U.S., one student). New professional division leadership was also decided on in this election, which opened February 25 and closed April 15. About 21 percent of eligible members of the Society voted—a similar turnout to last year.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 349-351
doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16951
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The ion source for along pulse operating diagnostic neutral beam injector has been developed. The ion source has to form an 8 A, 60 keV hydrogen ion beam. The ion source consists of an RF-plasma driver and a four grids ion-optical system. Both ion-optical system and plasma driver have an augmented water-cooling system. Geometry of the ion-optical system was optimized by the numerical simulations in order to achieve the minimal beam angular divergence. The performance of the developed water-cooling system of the ion source was numerically simulated. Design of the developed ion source and experimental and numerical simulations results are presented in the paper.
