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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
T.Tone, N.Fujisawa, Y.Seki, H.Iida, K.Tachikawa, M.Sugihara, A.Minato, S.Nishio, T.Yamamoto, K.Kitamura, K.Ueda, S.Saito, R.Shimada, Y.Matsuda, Y.Naruse, S.Shimamoto, S.Tamura, M.Yoshikawa, K.Tomabechi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 573-578
Fusion System Studies | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22924
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Conceptual design studies of the Fusion Experimental Reactor (FER) have been performed. The FER has an objective of achieving self-ignition and demonstrating engineering feasibility as a next generation tokamak to JT-60. Various concepts of the FER have been considered. The reference design is based on a double-null divertor. Optional design studies with some attractive features based on advanced concepts such as pumped limiter and RF current drive have been carried out. Key design parameters are; fusion power of 440 MW, average neutron wall loading of 1MW/m2, major radius of 5.5m, plasma minor radius of 1.1m, plasma elongation of 1.5, plasma current of 5.3MA, toroidal beta of 4%, toroidal field on plasma axis of 5.7T and tritium breeding ratio of above unity.