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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.
Toshio Sanda, Fumiaki Nakashima, Keisho Shirakata
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 113 | Number 2 | February 1993 | Pages 97-108
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE113-97
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Eigenvalue separation, which is used as a criterion to determine the degree of neutronic decoupling of the core, is measured by a static flux-tilt method on Zero-Power Physics Reactor assemblies. Space-dependent nuclear characteristics, such as the radial distributions of the reaction rates and the control rod worths, are also measured for the same assemblies. The calculation/experiment (C/E) values vary with core radius depending on the assemblies. The relationship between decoupling and C/E radial dependence is investigated, and a quantitative relation is found between the eigenvalue separation of the first radial mode and the C/E radial dependence.