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PR: American Nuclear Society welcomes Senate confirmation of Ted Garrish as the DOE’s nuclear energy secretary
Washington, D.C. — The American Nuclear Society (ANS) applauds the U.S. Senate's confirmation of Theodore “Ted” Garrish as Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
“On behalf of over 11,000 professionals in the fields of nuclear science and technology, the American Nuclear Society congratulates Mr. Garrish on being confirmed by the Senate to once again lead the DOE Office of Nuclear Energy,” said ANS President H.M. "Hash" Hashemian.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 28-31
Overview Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947042
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Various fusion fuel cycles are reviewed in view of a commercial fusion reactor. Among exothermic fusion reactions, D-3He fusion appears attractive because it mitigate engineering problems of DT fusion attributed to 14MeV neutrons. The safety of the reactor is inherent and environmentally sound with D-3He fueled fusion. Nevertheless, the helium-3 resource is very rare and attempts to breed helium-3 seem unsatisfactory. Lunar helium-3 alone seems to provide the world a needed energy.