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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.
S. K. Ho
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1368-1372
Result of Large Experiment and Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29533
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A critical step in the development of a tokamak reactor design systems code incorporating the environmental and safety (E&S) features is the capability to calculate the neutron activation radioactivity in a fast and efficient way in order to couple with other physics and engineering modules. We have generated a numerical neutronics database in order to perform the formulation of empirical scaling laws for the radioactivity inventory in various materials. We have studied the activation of the silicon carbide (SiC) composite as the first wall of a fusion reactor. Its radioactive inventory can be calculated approximately by a simple scaling equation.