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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.
D. V. Gopinath, K. Santhanam
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 43 | Number 2 | February 1971 | Pages 197-211
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE71-A21267
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Here we present the results of extensive calculations on the gamma-ray transport in finite heterogeneous systems using the technique developed in Part I of this paper. Systems studied are water, concrete, aluminum, iron, and lead, and the data presented are: evolution of spectra with collisions, reflected and transmitted spectra, spectra at different depths, and buildup factors for different source energies and different thicknesses of each medium. Similar data are also presented for two-region systems of water-iron, iron-lead, and water-lead. Several interesting results have been observed, among which are: (a) a step structure and a second peak in the low energy part of the back-scattered spectra from light media, (b) progressive buildup of a peak in the low energy region of transmitted flux, and (c) significant dip in the build-up factors near the outer boundary of the systems. The results are discussed on the basis of the physical processes involved. A comparison of the present results with those published in literature is made.