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NRC proposes security regulation changes
In 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14300, “‘Ordering the Reform of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,” which directs the NRC to conduct a sweeping, multifaceted overhaul of its structure, culture, and regulations with the aim of facilitating increased deployment of new nuclear technologies and capacity.
Swanee J. Shin, Jean-Baptiste Forien, Daniel C. Goodelman, Leonardus B. Bayu Aji, Eunjeong Kim, Sergei O. Kucheyev
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 82 | Number 5 | July 2026 | Pages 941-946
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2025.2498198
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Plasma focused ion beam (PFIB) technology has a great potential for applications requiring rapid micro-machining of high-aspect-ratio features. Here, we use 30-keV Ar, Xe, and O2 ion beams to study PFIB milling of high-aspect-ratio circular holes in polycrystalline diamond. Our results show that Xe and O2 ion beams have the highest milling efficiency for low-aspect-ratio and high-aspect-ratio hole milling, respectively. Each ion beam species produces holes with its characteristic shape and wall surface morphology. Based on these results, we demonstrate a “hybrid” hole milled in a two-step process with Xe and O2 ion beams with the geometry and wall morphology attractive for the attachment of a fuel fill tube to the inertial confinement fusion capsule.