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
2026 ANS Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
Latest Magazine Issues
Feb 2026
Jul 2025
Latest Journal Issues
Nuclear Science and Engineering
March 2026
Nuclear Technology
February 2026
Fusion Science and Technology
January 2026
Latest News
Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
Over the past decade, fusion energy has moved decisively from scientific aspiration toward a credible pathway to a new energy technology. Thanks to long-term federal support, we have significantly advanced our fundamental understanding of plasma physics—the behavior of the superheated gases at the heart of fusion devices. This knowledge will enable the creation and control of fusion fuel under conditions required for future power plants. Our progress is exemplified by breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility and the Joint European Torus.
N. S. Yoon, B. H. Park
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 171-174
Topical Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963434
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
We inspect the loss cone effect on the power coupling in the previously developed radio frequency(RF)-heating model1 for Hanbit magnetic mirror device. The plasma conductivity tensor is expressed by the mirror ratio and anisotropy factors and the dependence of these loss cone parameters on the plasma resistance is presented as the result of numerical calculations in Hanbit discharge conditions.