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The Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management issued a draft request for proposals on June 25 for the Hanford Site’s 222-S Laboratory contract. The 222-S Laboratory is the primary on-site laboratory for analysis of highly radioactive samples in support of all projects at the DOE’s Hanford Site in Washington state.
C. A. F. Varandas, J. A. C. Cabral, J. T. Mendonça, M. P. Alonso, P. Amorim, B. B. Carvalho, C. Correia, L. Cupido, M. L. Carvalho, J. M. Dias, H. Fernandes, C. J. Freitas, S. Magalhāes, A. Malaquias, M. E. Manso, A. Praxedes, J. Santana, F. Serra, A. Silva, A. Soares, J. Sousa, W. van Toledo, P. Vaessen, P. Varela, S. Vergamota, B. de Groot†
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 29 | Number 1 | January 1996 | Pages 105-115
Technical Paper | Experimental Device | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A30660
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The first Portuguese magnetic confinement experiment, the tokamak ISTTOK, has been in operation since 1993. This tokamak device is described and the main technological features, as well as the novel techniques of its diagnostics and control and data acquisition system, are reported. A synopsis of the experimental activity is also presented.
