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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.
L. P. Geraldo, M. T. F. Cesar, M. A. P. V. Moraes
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 110 | Number 2 | February 1992 | Pages 128-133
Technical Papers | doi.org/10.13182/NSE92-A23882
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The photodisintegration of 232Th, 233U, 238U, 237Np, and 239Pu has been studied with monochromatic photons produced by neutron capture using the IEA-R1 reactor. The ratios σγf(X)/σγf(238U) (relative fissionability), σγf/σα (photofission branching ratio), and Γn/Γf (neutron emission and fission competition) are shown to be independent of excitation energy, within the experimental errors, in the 6.73- to 9.72-MeV energy interval. Some correlations of these ratios with Z2/A and (E′f — B′n) are performed, and the results are in reasonable agreement with the theoretical model predictions.