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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.
J. D. Jenkins
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 41 | Number 2 | August 1970 | Pages 155-163
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE70-A20703
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Information from the Evaluated Nuclear Data File (ENDF/B) has been used to construct energy-exchange kernels describing the energy transfer probabilities between neutrons and material lattice atoms. The kernels correctly incorporate all the available information on elastic scattering and inelastic scattering contained in ENDF/B. Their use removes much of the uncertainty in the calculation of primary-recoil spectra. Primary-recoil atom spectra for several elements in different reactor spectra have been generated. The influence of inelastic scattering on the recoil spectra is discussed. Results obtained with the ENDF/B data are compared with previously published information.