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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards (ACRS) is currently seeking qualified candidates to fill an open committee member position. Applications for the position will be accepted until July 30. The ACRS is the world’s oldest organization devoted to reactor safety, and the group reports directly to the NRC’s commissioners in order to provide independent technical reviews of and advice on a wide variety of nuclear topics.
D. J. Bender
Nuclear Technology | Volume 44 | Number 3 | August 1979 | Pages 381-389
Technical Paper | Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/NT79-A32273
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A fusion-fission power system is considered in which fissile-producing hybrid (or fusion-fission) reactors supply the makeup fuel needs for fissile-consuming, or converter, reactors. As a result of the diverse nature of the hybrid reactor, a number of general performance parameters are proposed that will permit comparison of various hybrid reactor configurations. In addition, the relationships developed are used to show that scientific feasibility or “breakeven” for the hybrid reactor is near at hand in the fusion program and that attractive commercial reactors can be based on near-term plasma physics.