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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.
J. W. Meadows
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 68 | Number 3 | December 1978 | Pages 360-363
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE78-A27315
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Measurement of the ratio of the fission cross sections of 239Pu and 242Pu to that of 235U is reported. The sources of neutrons were the 7Li(p,n)7Be and D(d, n)3 He reactions. The ratio of the masses of the samples was determined by low geometry alpha counting and from relative thermal fission rates. The results are compared with other measurements.
