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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.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 581-585
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-A40101
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The ATHENA code is being developed by EG&G Idaho as a general purpose thermal hydraulics code for safety transient analysis of fusion reactors. This report documents the use of ATHENA to model a lithium-lead cooled fusion reactor design. The code models the MHD effects resulting from the flow of a conducting fluid through a strong steady magnetic field. The code performed well within the range of available lithium-lead properties. The results from calculations of several operational transients and a loss of pumping power are reported.