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Startup looks to commercialize inertial fusion energy
Another startup hoping to capitalize on progress the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has made in realizing inertial fusion energy has been launched. On August 27, San Francisco–based Inertia Enterprises, a private fusion power start-up, announced the formation of the company with the goal of commercializing fusion energy.
A. L. Lehnert, K. J. Kearfott
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 168 | Number 3 | July 2011 | Pages 278-286
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE10-13
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In developing applications for fast neutron scattering in explosives detection, Monte Carlo simulations were completed that characterized the scattering behavior of fast neutrons in a simplified geometry. Targets included C, N, O, and Fe, as well as air, water, oil, and the explosive RDX (C3H6N6O6). Work included a study of energy binning, particle histories, and statistical uncertainty. Results of the simulations closely matched expected scatter behavior. Energy bins of 0.2 MeV and 1 × 108 particle histories provided ample statistical certainty.
