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Recent surveys confirm high levels of U.S. nuclear support
Surveys have consistently indicated that public support in the United States for the use of nuclear energy has been increasing in recent years. Four recent surveys continue to suggest that near-record-high numbers of Americans support nuclear energy. However, the survey results differ—sometimes widely—in the details of their findings.
C. S. Chang, Kaya Imre, Harold Weitzner, P. Colestock
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 18 | Number 4 | December 1990 | Pages 618-624
Alpha Particles in Fusion Research | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29254
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Control of radial alpha-particle transport by using ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) waves is investigated in a large-aspect-ratio tokamak geometry. Spatially inhomogeneous ICRF wave energy with properly selected frequencies and wave numbers can induce fast convective transports of alpha particles at the speed of order valpha ∼ (PRF/nα∈0)ρp, where PRF is the ICRF wave power density, nα is the alpha-particle density, ∈0 is the alpha-particle birth energy, and ρp is the poloidal gyroradius of alpha particles at the birth energy. Application to International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) plasma is studied and possible antenna designs to control alpha-particle flux are discussed.
