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Knoxville’s nuclear workshop opens with a full house and a long to-do list
The East Tennessee Economic Council’s Nuclear Opportunities Workshop opened yesterday morning at the Knoxville Convention Center, drawing registrants from around the country, and will close later today following a packed lineup of policy and industry leaders.
J. D. Gordon, D. H. Berwald, B. A. Flanders, J. K. Garner, S. C. Mortenson, J. F. Parmer, C. A. Sink, J. C. Yu, K. L. Agarwal, S. Dharmarajn, N. M. Ghoniem, N. J. Hoffman, J. R. Bilton, B. E. Kirstein
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 1233-1238
Blanket and First Wall Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A23026
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A new, two-zone tandem mirror blanket designed for the dual applications of high efficiency electricity production or process heat for synthetic fuel production is presented. The blanket is self-sufficient in tritium production, delivers 46% of the blanket energy at 900 to 1000°C, meets guidelines for near-surface burial of radioactive wastes and couples to a power cycle that has a net efficiency of 44%. The design is based on a new concept of a dilute mixture of a solid breeder with a high temperature material that extends the temperature range of the breeder. The low temperature zone is Li17Pb83 cooled while the high temperature zone is cooled with helium.