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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
Hiroshi Sekimoto, Masaya Ohtsuka, Nobuhiro Yamamuro
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 80 | Number 3 | March 1982 | Pages 407-411
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE82-A19826
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An equation is derived to estimate the perturbing effects on the neutron spectrum caused by a spectrometer inserted in an experimental assembly. This equation is applied to estimate the spectrum perturbation by a miniature NE-213 fast neutron spectrometer in a graphite assembly. The results show that the perturbation effect is smaller than the experimental errors and uncertainties, and that the effect caused by the neutron-sensitive volume is smaller than that caused by the surrounding materials.
