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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.
Anil Kumar, Yoichi Watanabe, Mahmoud Z. Youssef, Mohamed A. Abdou
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 1309-1314
Blanket Nucleonics Experiment | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39870
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Phase IIC of the experimental program is to begin in fall of 1988. An extensive pre-analysis has been carried out to select the experimental configurations. The investigations were confined to looking at the effect of (i) multi-layer arrangement of Be multiplier, (ii) the presence of contiguous layers of structure and coolant, (iii) the introduction of protective graphite armor in front of the first wall, on tritium production rate (TPR) in a Li2O assembly. The basic materials and geometrical structure of the assembly, are derived from that of the Phase IIA. The structure is simulated by stainless steel (SS) and the coolant is either polyethylene (PE) or water. Generally, the heterogeneities strongly distort the local T6 and T7 distributions; their effect on global TPR is less marked. One of the two selected configurations has Be, in edge-on layered arrangement with Li2O, as multiplier. In the second configuration, three coolant channels (SS+PE) will be incorporated to simulate structural heterogeneity.