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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. H. Dave, J. J. Egan, G. P. Couchell, G. H. R. Kegel, A. Mittler, D.J. Pullen, W. A. Schier, E.Sheldon
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 91 | Number 2 | October 1985 | Pages 187-208
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE85-A27441
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Neutron inelastic scattering from 232Th has been studied for states above 700 keV in excitation using the (n,n'γ) technique at incident energies in the 0.77- to 2.10-MeV range. The gamma-ray measurements employing a high-resolution Ge(Li) spectrometer show 74 transitions from 46 levels above the first excited state. Gamma-ray branching ratios and production cross sections have been determined. Inferred level cross sections are compared to compound-nucleus statistical model calculations, which generally represent the measurements fairly well at lower incident energies but become increasingly discrepant at higher bombarding energies, and to the ENDF/B-V evaluation.