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Hash Hashemian: Visionary leadership
As Dr. Hashem M. “Hash” Hashemian prepares to step into his term as President of the American Nuclear Society, he is clear that he wants to make the most of this unique moment.
A groundswell in public approval of nuclear is finding a home in growing governmental support that is backed by a tailwind of technological innovation. “Now is a good time to be in nuclear,” Hashemian said, as he explained the criticality of this moment and what he hoped to accomplish as president.
J. C. Doyle, D. R. Cohn, L. M. Lidsky, L. Bromberg
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1051-1056
Fusion Breeder | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A39911
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Application of resistive magnet tokamaks to fissile fuel production has been studied. The Resistive magnet Tokamak Fusion Breeder (RTFB) uses semi-monolithic Bitter plate toroidal field coils and has a major radius of 3.81 m. with a fusion power output of 618 MWth. An energy-multiplying blanket gives a total blanket power of 4986 MWth, while producing 3742 kg/yr of 233U and 239Pu. The RTFB cost is estimated to be $2.6B.
