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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.
William J. Hogan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 599-607
Overview | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29412
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Recent NAS and FPAC reviews of the ICF Program contain recommendations that, if implemented, will greatly impact the ICF Program. Target physics studies and experiments have indicated that ignition and gain may be achieved with 1.5 to 2.0 MJ of driver energy. It has, therefore, been recommended that the Nova facility be upgraded to this energy and undertake ignition experiments by the end of the decade. A specific set of target physics, driver development, and target fabrication milestones have been recommended leading to this facility and to the ignition experiments. Similar recommendations were made concerning the OMEGA Upgrade, the Nike laser, heavy ion reactor driver development and IFE reactor technology. Carrying out these recommendations successfully would lead to major ICF decisions about an LMF for military applications and an ETF for energy applications about the year 2000.