ANS is committed to advancing, fostering, and promoting the development and application of nuclear sciences and technologies to benefit society.
Explore the many uses for nuclear science and its impact on energy, the environment, healthcare, food, and more.
Explore membership for yourself or for your organization.
Conference Spotlight
Nuclear Energy Conference & Expo (NECX)
September 8–11, 2025
Atlanta, GA|Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Standards Program
The Standards Committee is responsible for the development and maintenance of voluntary consensus standards that address the design, analysis, and operation of components, systems, and facilities related to the application of nuclear science and technology. Find out What’s New, check out the Standards Store, or Get Involved today!
Latest Magazine Issues
Sep 2025
Jan 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
September 2025
Nuclear Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
August 2025
Latest News
Deep Fission raises $30M in financing
Since the Department of Energy kicked off a 10-company race with its Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program to bring test reactors on line by July 4, 2026, the industry has been waiting for new headlines proclaiming progress. Aalo Atomics broke ahead of the pack first by announcing last week that it had broken ground on its 50-MWe Aalo-X at Idaho National Laboratory.
Vitaly T. Astrelin, Eugeny V. Bobukh
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 299-303
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963871
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A numerical simulation of decelerating, scattering, and trapping fast electrons by plasma in a magnetic trap is reported. Fast non-thermal electrons are generated via the interaction of the relativistic electron beam with the plasma. Their energy significantly exceeds the thermal energy of plasma particles. For real experimental conditions where the mean free path of electrons is larger than the length of a local magnetic pit, the kinetic equation for distribution function of electrons is numerically solved. The effect of electron scattering and trapping into the pit is calculated.
