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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.
P. Ramakrishnan, G. E. Mitchell, C. R. Gould, S. A. Wender, G. F. Auchampaugh, R. C. Little
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 98 | Number 4 | April 1988 | Pages 357-364
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE88-A23536
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A procedure for the determination of neutron-induced photon production cross sections is described, including corrections for the neutron-induced photon background and the unfolding of the gamma-ray spectra. As an example, data have been obtained for tantalum and beryllium with five bismuth germanate detectors and the high-energy white neutron source at the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility. Calculations and measurements indicate that a beryllium sample may be used to simulate a neutron-induced photon background. Results for the Ta(n,xγ) reaction for neutron energies below En = 20 MeV are compared with previous measurements at the Oak Ridge Electron Linear Accelerator.