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ANS webinar to focus on low-dose radiation risk
Join ANS on Thursday, January 21, at noon (ET) for a Q&A with an expert panel as they discuss how to communicate about the risk of low-dose radiation. “Talking About Low-dose Radiation Risk” is a free members-only event that serves as a follow-up to the “Risky Business” President’s Session that took place during the ANS Virtual Winter Meeting last November. The session will take a deeper dive into the many questions generated from the thought-provoking discussion.
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S. Koike, T. Watanabe, T. Mitsui, T. Takahashi, T. Asai
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 63 | Number 1 | May 2013 | Pages 377-379
dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST13-A16960
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Heating effects of translated field-reversed configuration plasma into a chamber where neutral particles are filled is investigated by numerical calculation. Here, neutral particle species of deuterium, helium, and argon atoms are considered and translation speed is over 100 km/s. The calculation results show helium atoms penetrate most deeply into the plasma. Although argon ions that have the largest mass can transfer most their translation energy relative to the FRC plasma, energy recovery rate is found to be low due to the orbit loss.
