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What’s the most difficult question you’ve been asked as a maintenance instructor?
Blye Widmar
"Where are the prints?!"
This was the final question in an onslaught of verbal feedback, comments, and critiques I received from my students back in 2019. I had two years of instructor experience and was teaching a class that had been meticulously rehearsed in preparation for an accreditation visit. I knew the training material well and transferred that knowledge effectively enough for all the students to pass the class. As we wrapped up, I asked the students how they felt about my first big system-level class, and they did not hold back.
“Why was the exam from memory when we don’t work from memory in the plant?” “Why didn’t we refer to the vendor documents?” “Why didn’t we practice more on the mock-up?” And so on.
L.I. Ponomarev, C. Petitjean
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 1022-1032
Advanced Energy Conversion/Storage and Exotic Concepts | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946976
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The state of the art and the recent progress made in Muon Catalyzed Fusion is reviewed. Over 100 dt fusions per muon were experimentally observed, while the most reliable value for dt sticking is ~ 0.6%. The theory describes now all kinetic processes with high precision and predicts very large rates for dμt formation at collision energies ∊μt ≈ 0.1 - 2 cV. For future exploration of this phenomenon, the use of H/D/T triple mixtures is suggested. In energy applications, the concept of the Muon Catalyzed Hybrid Reactor is discussed, especially in the context of combining it for uranium breeding with the electronuclear channel.