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The past few years have seen a concerted effort from many U.S. states to encourage nuclear development. The momentum behind nuclear-friendly policies has grown considerably, with many states repealing moratoriums, courting nuclear developers and suppliers, and in some cases creating advisory groups and road maps to push deployment of new nuclear reactors.
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An investigation aimed at identifying methods of flattening the power distribution in D-T blankets has been carried out. Three methods were identified which when used in conjunction produce power distributions which are significantly flatter than those produced by typical blankets. The peak-to-average power density ratio is reduced by over 50%, and the peak-to minimum power fall-off is reduced by a factor of five. Power flattened blankets achieve tritium breeding ratios and blanket multiplication which could be somewhat higher than those of typical blanket designs.