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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.
Satoru Yoshimura, Atsushi Nakamura, Kazumasa Shinagawa, Satoshi Sugimoto, Mamoru Okubo, Shigefumi Okada, Seiichi Goto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 374-377
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963484
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A computerized tomography (CT) system for the translation experiment of field-reversed configuration (FRC) is completed on the FIX device. This system is composed of three detector arrays which are sensitive to the near infrared radiation. To avoid light reflection at the vacuum wall, a black anodized aluminum panel is installed just inside of the metal chamber. Two dimensional distribution of the light emissivity of a translated FRC plasma is reconstructed using the Fourier-Bessel expansion technique.