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Panelists discuss U.S. path to criticality in ANS webinar
The American Nuclear Society recently hosted a panel discussion featuring prominent figures from the nuclear sector who discussed the industry’s ongoing push for criticality.
Yasir Arafat, chief technical officer of Aalo Atomics; Jordan Bramble, CEO of Antares Nuclear; and Rita Baranwal, chief nuclear officer of Radiant Industries, participated in the discussion and covered their recent progress in the Department of Energy’s Reactor Pilot Program. Nader Satvat, director of nuclear systems design at Kairos Power, gave an update on the company’s ongoing demonstration projects taking place outside of the landscape of DOE authorization.
Motoyuki Nakamura, Makoto Ichimura, Katsuaki Sakata, Masamitsu Oikawa, Yuriko Ohta, Hidekazu Kano, Satoru Tanaka, Soshun Saosaki, Kiyoomi Kadoya, Toshiki Kawabata, Shinji Kobayashi, Hitoshi Hojo, Yousuke Nakashima, Tsuguhiro Watanabe, Kiyoshi Yatsu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 339-342
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963475
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In the GAMMA10 tandem mirror, ion cyclotron range of frequency (ICRF) waves are effectively used for the plasma production and heating. Alfvén ion cyclotron (AIC) modes are spontaneously excited due to the strong heating. Stability boundary for the AIC modes is analyzed by introducing the effective mirror ratio. It is shown that the AIC modes become more unstable with smaller mirror ratio. The pitch angle scattering of the high energy ions due to the AIC mode are clearly observed.
