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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.
Shih–Hai Li, Ren–Chu Chin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 868-872
Magnetic Fusion Reactors/Beam-Driven Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946951
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A L–mode scaling law of global energy confinement time in ion cyclotron resonance heating (ICRH) is proposed in this paper. The scaling is based on 292 observations from tokamaks PLT, JET, ASDEX, TEXTOR, JFT–2M and JIPP T–IIU. The regression analysis reveals the scaling being of the form: τE α a-0·18 R1·27 IP0·98 BT0·10 K0·20 n̄e0·12 Ptot-0·51. Comparision with other scaling laws and fitting the scaling law to the theoretical constraint model have shown many physical phenomena of ICRH wave damping mechanism. To reach the ignition condition, some modifications of experimental technique and tokamak configuration are needed to enhance the energy confinement time.
