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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.
Kenji Sumita, Yasushi Seki
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 501-510
Blanket and First-Wall Engineering | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40090
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Status of blanket and first-wall engineering Works in Japan is introduced. The works in the following fields are introduced: (1) First wall/blanket designs of the Fusion Experimental Reactor(FER) and power reactors. (2) First wall and divertor/limiter surface heating tests. (3) Both solid and liquid breeder irradiation and non irradiation tests. (4) Analytic and experimental works on neutronics and electromagnetics.
