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With about seven months left in the race to bring DOE-authorized test reactors on line by July 4, 2026, via the Reactor Pilot Program, Deep Fission has announced that it will break ground on its associated project on December 9 in Parsons, Kansas. It’s one of many companies in the program that has made significant headway in recent months.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 34 | Number 3 | November 1998 | Pages 914-918
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Low energy hydrogen plasma was applied to a graphite target by the linear steady plasma facility MAP(Materials And Plasma). The Hα (656.285 nm) spectrum emitted from reflected hydrogen atoms were measured to investigate hydrogen release processes from a graphite target. Broadening, peak shift and intensity of the Hα spectrum were compared with those in the previous experiments of tungsten target. The results indicated that a large fraction of hydrogen particles is released as molecules from the graphite surface.