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Nicholas Tsoulfanidis—ANS member since 1969
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As an undergraduate I studied physics at the University of Athens. I entered the university in 1955 after successfully passing a national exam (came up fourth in a field of about 700 candidates). Upon graduation and finishing my mandatory two-year military service, the plan was to teach physics either in a public high school or as a tutor for a private for-profit institution, preparing high school students for the national exam.
E. Zawaideh, F. Kantrowitz, R.W. Conn, D. Dobrott, S. Tamor, D.C. Baxter
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 1320-1325
Alternate Concepts | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A23039
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A physical model of plasma behavior in a negative tandem mirror reactor (NTMR) is used to explore the potential of this configuration as a reactor utilizing the deuterium-deuterium (DD) fuel cycle. It is found that relatively high values of plasma Q, in the range 15 to 20, may be possible in an NTMR if passive pumping of deeply trapped ions in the end cell is possible. Further, synchrotron radiation and hot electron end losses are dominant and require accurate modelling. If the physics elements of the model are verified by experimental findings, the results show negative tandem mirrors to be superior to their positive mode counterparts for DD burning.