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FUSION-DRIVEN SUBCRITICAL MINOR ACTINIDE TRANSMUTER

UW-Madison researchers have developed an apparatus for transmutation of minor actinides using neutrons from an axisymmetric mirror fusion system. The separate neutron source allows simplified subcriti...
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Ben Lindley, Cary Forest, Matthew Nyberg, Tim Bohm, Joshua Ruegsegger, Connor Moreno, Paul Wilson | P220315US02

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DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTER FOR AXISYMMETRIC MIRROR FUSION REACTOR

UW researchers developed an axisymmetric direct energy convertor (DEC) which can harvest the energy from the exhaust of an axisymmetric mirror, thereby increasing its energy gain. The configuration in...
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Cary Forest, Jan Egedal, Jay Anderson, Jeremiah Kirch, Douglass Endrizzi | P220103US01

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