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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.
W. A. Houlberg, N. A. Uckan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1421-1426
International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29921
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Two reference operational scenarios for the ITER CDA design are examined with the time-dependent 1½-D WHIST transport code: the A1 ignition case and the B1 long-pulse case. Plasma profiles are evaluated self-consistently from the source profiles and radial-dependent transport properties. Among the time-dependent issues addressed are the time scales for startup and shutdown as determined by current profile relaxation rates (skin times), fueling and particle pumping rates, and auxiliary heating and current drive sources. Operational constraints are monitored throughout the simulations: βt, ℓi, , ne(a), etc.
