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Playing the “bad guy” to enhance next-generation safety
Sometimes, cops and robbers is more than just a kid’s game. At the Department of Energy’s national laboratories, researchers are channeling their inner saboteurs to discover vulnerabilities in next-generation nuclear reactors, making sure that they’re as safe as possible before they’re even constructed.
W. Horton, P. J. Morrison, X. R. Fu, J. Pratt
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 55 | Number 2 | February 2009 | Pages 15-20
Technical Paper | Seventh International Conference on Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST09-A6976
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The radial E × B transport losses in the central cell of the GAMMA-10 device are analyzed and compared with recent data from Er-control experiments. Reversed Er profile are seen to inhibit transport.
