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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.
Guillermo Velarde, Carolina Ahnert, José M. Aragonés
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 66 | Number 3 | June 1978 | Pages 284-294
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27213
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The time-dependent Boltzmann equation for neutron transport is transformed into eigenvalue equations in k, λ, γ, and α, whose general properties are stated as hypotheses. Numerical solutions are obtained with the discrete-ordinates code DTF, where a direct λ eigenvalue calculation has been added. Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions are analyzed for idealized fast and thermal systems in both bare and reflected configurations. The differences found in these idealized cases provide some useful bases for estimating the behavior of the different eigenvalue solutions in specific applications.