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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.
G. Leinweber, J. Burke, C. R. Lubitz, H. D. Knox, N. J. Drindak, R. C. Block, R. E. Slovacek, C. J. Werner, N. C. Francis, Y. Danon, B. E. Moretti
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 134 | Number 1 | January 2000 | Pages 50-67
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE00-A2099
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Neutron capture and transmission measurements were performed by the time-of-flight technique at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute LINAC using metallic zirconium samples. The capture measurement was made at the 25-m flight station with a multiplicity-type capture detector, and the transmission total cross-section measurements were performed at the 25-m flight station with a 6Li glass scintillation detector. Resonance parameters were determined by a combined analysis of all 11 data sets (4 capture and 7 transmission) using the least-squares multilevel R-matrix code REFIT.The present measurements were undertaken to resolve discrepancies between common usage (ENDF/B-VI) and the recent measurements of Salah et al. for the 300-eV zirconium doublet. The present measurements support the Salah et al. conclusions. Specifically, the results confirm the assignment of J = 3 for the 91Zr 292.5-eV resonance and include all significant resonances up to 2.5 keV. The zirconium resonance parameters and n, determined in the present measurement, are compared with the ENDF/B-VI parameters.