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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.
V. A. Burtsev, V. M. Kozhevin, V. N. Litunovsky, A. A. Drozdov, N. A. Viknyanshchuk, I. B. Ovchinnikov, A. E. Soldatov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 4 | July 1992 | Pages 2332-2345
Technical Paper | Special Issue on D-He Fusion / D-3He/Fusion Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29726
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The PULSATOR concept for the formation of a quasi-stationary magnetoplasma field-reversed configuration (FRC) by means of cyclic injection and merging of toroids in the confinement chamber is analyzed. The possible use of quasi-stationary plasma accelerators for the formation of high-⟨β⟩ toroids is considered. The requirements for the formation of FRCs with fusion parameters are evaluated. The possibility of the existence of an FRC with a finite toroidal field value is shown. The SAPFIR experimental installation for FRC formation investigations is briefly described, and the results of preliminary experiments are given.
