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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.
B. Arcipiani, G. Palmiotti, M. Salvatores
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 65 | Number 3 | March 1978 | Pages 540-544
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27184
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Neutron heating sensitivities to cross-section uncertainties were calculated in a controlled thermonuclear reactor (CTR) blanket. For this purpose, the well-known generalized perturbation methods were used. The CTR blanket chosen was representative of current design specifications. Sensitivity profiles were generated for neutron heating in 6Li, 7Li, iron, and niobium to their respective cross sections. Fairly high changes in the neutron heating can be produced by variations in individual cross sections.
