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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.
R Hancox
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1715-1720
Magnetic Fusion Reactor and Systems Studies | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29969
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The need to quantify the safety and environmental advantages of fusion power has been the main reason for undertaking power reactor studies in recent years. Studies of tokamak reactor parameters, based on economic optimisations, undertaken in support of a review of the Community Fusion Programme in 1990 are summarised, and proposals for more extensive studies in preparation for the next review are discussed. In addition, details are presented of studies of tight aspect ratio tokamak reactors.