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Deep Fission to break ground this week
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.
A.V. Arzhannikov, V.T. Astrelin, A.V. Burdakov, P.Z. Chebotaev, V.S. Koidan, K.I. Mekler, P.I. Melnikov, V.V. Postupaev, A.F. Rovenskikh, S.L. Sinitsky, M.A. Shcheglov, H. Wuerz
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 146-150
Oral Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963840
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The GOL-3-II facility was used for the investigation of the interaction of a high-power plasma stream with solids. The experiments allowed the study of the properties of the dense plasma formed in front of materials under action of the fast electrons flowing out the open trap. Target plasma from entrance foil with density 1016cm−3 has the expansion velocity 2–4 106 cm/c. Explosive-like erosion of the exit graphite receiver was been observed. Formation of a dust cloud is a feature of this phenomenon. Properties of the dusty particles are discussed.
