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Fusion research tackles fuel and instrumentation challenges
Three research groups are reporting fusion-related developments, including ongoing work toward spin-polarized fusion, a new plasma diagnostic tool heading to the National Ignition Facility, and a materials science project that could impact the design of inertial confinement fusion fuel targets.
Charles F. Weber, Calvin M. Hopper
Nuclear Technology | Volume 153 | Number 1 | January 2006 | Pages 1-8
Technical Paper | Reactor Safety | doi.org/10.13182/NT06-A3684
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A new approach to modeling fissile solution densities is developed and applied to arbitrary solutions of UO22+, Th4+, Pu4+, H+, and NO3- in water. The model is based on the semiempirical method of Pitzer for describing electrolyte solution thermodynamics. This new density model has been included in the recent release of the SCALE 5 code system as the default for criticality calculations of fissile solutions.
