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Restart progress and a new task force in Iowa
This week, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed an executive order to form the Iowa Nuclear Energy Task Force, the purpose of which will be to “advise her, the General Assembly, and relevant state agencies on the development and advancement of nuclear energy technologies and infrastructure in the state.”
R.L. Engelstad, E.G. Lovell, G.A. Moses
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 1890-1894
Inertial Confinement Fusion Reactor | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40037
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The Target Development Facility (TDF) reaction chamber will be subjected to a mechanical shock from the cavity gas after each target ignition. This impulsive pressure produces transient stresses in the cylindrical shell wall which are characterized by an oscillatory response with decreasing amplitude. Such fluctuating stresses may fatigue the wall material and limit the useful lifetime of the chamber. Lifetime estimates have been determined and comparisons are made for chambers with different sizes, alloys and target yield.
