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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.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 108 | Number 1 | May 1991 | Pages 69-73
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE91-A23807
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The problem of temperature jump, based on the linearized Boltzmann equation and arbitrary gas/surface interaction, is solved using the Sn method and collocation and finite element treatment of the energy (speed) variable. Accurate numerical results for the jump and for the density and temperature profiles are reported for the case of rigid-sphere intermodular interaction and for Maxwell’s diffuse-specular reflection boundary condition.