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The spotlight shines on a nuclear influencer
Brazilian model, nuclear advocate, and philanthropist Isabelle Boemeke, who the online TED lecture series describes as “the world’s first nuclear energy influencer,” was the subject of a recent New York Times article that explored her ardent support for and advocacy of nuclear technology.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 24 | Number 4 | December 1993 | Pages 417-422
Technical Note | First-Wall Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST93-A30191
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The structural analysis of a SiC/SiC composite first wall in a tokamak fusion reactor is explored using the finite element method. The analysis is done in three dimensions under thermal and pressure loads. The effect of the three-dimensional analysis on the results is compared with that for the two-dimensional analysis. The comparison indicates that for laminated SiC/SiC composite structures, the two-dimensional analysis, which ignores the effect of the stacking sequence of the laminate and the effect of the interlaminar shear stress, is insufficient for reactor design.
