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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.
R. Ofek, A. Tsechanski, A. Goldfeld, G. Shani, A. E. Profio, J. J. Wagschal
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 104 | Number 3 | March 1990 | Pages 239-257
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE90-A23723
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The Ben Gurion University 15-MeV“clean” neutron field is used to investigate various problems encountered in fusion reactor blanket designs. In particular, the adequacy of the 7Li tritium production neutron cross section was analyzed by comparing measured neutron energy spectra in a lithium tank with detailed Monte Carlo calculations. It is seen that new evaluations are needed that would consider the various mechanisms that contribute to tritium production in 7Li and determine the shape of the secondary neutron energy spectrum. It is also found that uncertainties in the alignment of the source-target-detector configuration in integral experiments may result in considerable discrepancies in the analyses of such experiments.