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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.
H. H. Hogue, P. L. Von Behren, D. H. Epperson, S. G. Glendinning, P. W. Lisowski, C. E. Nelson, H. W. Newson, F. O. Purser, W. Tornow, C. R. Gould, L. W. Seagondollar
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 68 | Number 1 | October 1978 | Pages 38-42
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27268
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Differential cross sections are reported for elastic and inelastic scattering of neutrons from beryllium. Source neutrons were provided by the D(d,n)3 He reaction at energies from 7 to 15 MeV in 1-MeV steps. Scattered neutrons were observed over a flight path of 4 m at angles ranging from 25 to 160 deg in 5-deg increments. The integrated elastic scattering cross sections agree well with the ENDF/BIV cross-section set. The inelastic scattering cross sections are for the sum of the 1.69-, 2.43-, 2.8-, and 3.06-MeV-state cross sections and fall below the ENDF/B-IV predictions. Inelastic scattering to the 2.43-MeV state in 9Be accounts for less than half of the total 9Be(n,2n) cross sections above 8 MeV.
