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Direct waste transfer process quickens at Savannah River Site
The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site this month marked the first direct transfer of decontaminated waste from the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) to the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF). This is a new step in optimizing waste processing, according to the DOE.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 36-45
U.S. Next-Generation Tokamak and Tandem Mirror Programs | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22843
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Recent advances in tokamak research have led to an improved understanding of the plasma requirements for achieving long pulse ignited burn in a tokamak plasma. This paper presents an assessment of these requirements in the areas of plasma energy confinement, plasma stability at high beta-values, plasma heating, particle and impurity control, and non-inductive current drive. In all areas, the physics basis appears adequate to support a near-term demonstration of a fusion reactor core — a long-pulse ignition experiment — in a device of acceptable overall size and cost.