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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.
N. A. Uckan, M. Sugihara, D. Boucher
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 568-572
Plasma Engineering (Poster Session) | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11963674
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A “marginal criteria” to distinguish detached and attached divertor plasma conditions needed for safety analysis of postulated plasma transients has been developed. Divertor operational space and lookup tables are generated for use in physics-safety assessments of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). The transient analyses considering the marginal criteria for divertor attached-detached transition is expected to yield conservative safety assessments.
