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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.
P.I. Melnikov, I.A. Ivanov
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 366-369
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963886
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The new spectroscopic method for measurement of hot plasma parameters is developed. The method based on Hα profile monitoring. The profile was accurately calculated for a wide range of plasma parameters (ne∼1014÷1017 cm−3, Te∼1÷500 eV,) Use of the method in the experiment gives the electron density and ion temperature dependence from the time. Measurements was in a good agreement with diamagnetic loop dates.