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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.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 79 | Number 2 | October 1981 | Pages 197-201
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE81-A27408
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The four neutron groups populating the ground state and the lower three excited states of 28Si were studied with a stilbene neutron spectrometer. Total neutron cross sections were obtained from measurements at detection angles of 0, 45, 90, and 135 deg. A large number of resonances were seen, indicating many levels in 29Si. By using the reciprocity theorem, the cross sections for 28Si(n,α0)25Mg reaction were obtained and compared with those given in the literature.
