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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.
Kenneth V. Salazar, Stevan G. Pattillo, Mitchell Trkula
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 38 | Number 1 | July 2000 | Pages 69-73
Technical Paper | Thirteenth Target Fabrication Specialists’ Meeting | doi.org/10.13182/FST00-A36119
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Capsules with beryllium ablators are very important targets for the DOE National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser in the Inertial Confinement Fusion Program. Two leading candidates for fabricating beryllium capsules are the machining and bonding of hemispheres, and physical vapor deposition of beryllium onto plastic or other shells. An attractive possibility would be to coat a spherical mandrel with a thin layer of beryllium by a non-line-of-sight process. This coating could be applied via the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of beryllium. Our first attempt at coating beryllium via CVD was done by using bis(cyclopentadienyl)beryllium, (C5H5)2Be, as the precursor material. Results obtained by use of (C5H5)2Be as the precursor material is discussed. However, difficulties we encountered with use of the (C5H5)2Be precursor material led us to examine a relatively unexplored area of beryllium chemistry, namely that of its amines. This redirection also led us to change surrogate material for use in the developmental work.