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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
Kunioki Mima, Kiyoshi Yoshikawa, Osami Morimiya, Haruhiko Takase, Hideaki Takabe, Yoneyoshi Kitagawa, Toshiki Tajima, Yasuji Kosaki, Sadao Nakai
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 22 | Number 1 | August 1992 | Pages 56-65
Technical Paper | D-3He/Fusion Reactor | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A30054
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A direct energy conversion method is proposed for a D-3He inertial confinement fusion reactor. The method utilizes inductive energy recovery through pickup coils in the plasma chamber in which mirror magnetic fields are applied. A method to reduce the problems regarding the handling of ultrahigh voltage inherent in energy recovery of this type is proposed that divides a one-turn pickup coil into a number of pickup segments both axially and azimuthally to reduce the output voltage per pickup segment so that it can be managed by near-term technologies. Analytical results predict that the expanding plasma energy is directly converted to electricity through the recovery circuit using capacitors with an efficiency of >80% when the plasma is assumed to expand cylindrically.
