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The U.S. Million Person Study of Low-Dose-Rate Health Effects
There is a critical knowledge gap regarding the health consequences of exposure to radiation received gradually over time. While there is a plethora of studies on the risks of adverse outcomes from both acute and high-dose exposures, including the landmark study of atomic bomb survivors, these are not characteristic of the chronic exposure to low-dose radiation encountered in occupational and public settings. In addition, smaller cohorts have limited numbers leading to reduced statistical power.
Satoru Yoshimura, Koji Yamanaka, Shinichi Yamamoto
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 378-381
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963485
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Internal magnetic probes are used for direct measurements of time-varying magnetic fields in a heating experiment of a field-reversed configuration (FRC) plasma by applying fast rising magnetic pulse. A large amplitude oscillation is detected by magnetic probes which are oriented with their axis in the azimuthal direction. The phase velocity of the oscillation in the direction parallel to the equilibrium magnetic field approximately agrees with the Alfvén velocity. The experimental results suggest that the shear Alfvén wave is excited. The excited shear Alfvén wave may play an important role in the heating of the FRC plasma.
