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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.
Ansar Parvez, Martin Becker
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 67 | Number 1 | July 1978 | Pages 130-136
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27244
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Interactive graphic techniques have been employed to analyze and interpret the discrepancies found between the integral measurement and the prediction of neutron flux in sodium. Direct adjustments have been made to improve the calculation-experiment agreement in the 10-keV to 1-MeV energy range. In general, the adjusted values for elastic cross sections have been found to be lower than the ENDF/B-IV values. Sensitivity of sodium spectra to the angular distribution of elastically scattered neutrons has also been determined.
