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Applications are now open for the fall 2025 testing period for the American Nuclear Society’s Certified Nuclear Professional (CNP) exam. Applications are being accepted through October 14, and only three testing sessions are offered per year, so it is important to apply soon. The test will be administered from November 12 through December 16. To check eligibility and schedule your exam, click here.
In addition, taking place tomorrow (September 19) from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. (CDT), ANS will host a new webinar, “How to Become a Certified Nuclear Professional.” More information is available below in this article.
J. L. Sperling
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 7 | Number 2 | March 1985 | Pages 296-300
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A24546
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The injection of two primary waves, with possibly different frequencies, into a plasma can result in strong nonlinear interactions if the additive or subtractive frequencies of the two waves is equal to the two-ion-hybrid or lower hybrid frequencies. The in situ generation of waves at the linear-resonant frequencies effectively constitutes an “internal antenna,“ which may alleviate the undesirable surface interactions and reflections resulting from the direct injection of waves at the linear-resonant frequencies into a plasma. It is shown that simultaneous fundamental, second-harmonic, and third-harmonic heating can be achieved in a fusion device by an appropriate choice of frequencies for the two primary waves.