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DTRA’s advancements in nuclear and radiological detection
A new, more complex nuclear age has begun. Echoing the tensions of the Cold War amid rapidly evolving nuclear and radiological threats, preparedness in the modern age is a contest of scientific innovation. The Research and Development Directorate (RD) at the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) is charged with winning this contest.
J. J. Schuss, M. Porkolab, D. Griffin, S. Barilovits, M. Besen, C. Bredin, G. Chihoski, H. Israel, N. Pierce, D. Reiser, K. Rice
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 1413-1417
Magnet Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A23054
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We describe here the RF system currently installed on Alcator C that is being used to inject in excess of 1 MW of net RF power into the tokamak plasma during lower hybrid heating and current drive studies. This system provides for RF power and phase monitoring in each of the individual waveguides of the two 16 waveguide launching arrays, and also for fault protection both at the waveguide arrays and klystrons. Using this system good waveguide-plasma coupling has been obtained and net RF power densities of 9 kW/cm2 have been injected by the waveguide array without microwave arcing.