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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.
Yoshi Hirooka
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 987-991
Fusion Materials | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11963065
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If in-vessel components in a fusion device are made of two or more different materials, materials mixing will take place via erosion and redeposition. Such materials mixing can alter surface characteristics significantly, which then impacts on the plasma interactions behavior. This is particularly true if low-Z and high-Z materials are mixed up, where Z is the atomic number. Discussed in this report are the dynamic compatibilities between these materials under DT-plasma particle bombardment.