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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.
Robert R. Peterson, Joseph J. MacFarlane, Ping Wang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 30 | Number 3 | December 1996 | Pages 431-435
National Ignition Facility | doi.org/10.13182/FST96-A11962978
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The emission of x rays and debris ions by the National Ignition Facility direct and indirect targets are. compared in this paper. In the indirect drive targets, the fuel capsule is surrounded by a gold case, which filters out all but the hardest x rays from the capsule and collides with the capsule debris, generating large amounts of colder x rays that leave the target through laser entrance holes. The direct drive targets have no such case, so the debris and x rays from the capsule are un-obscured. Computer simulations of both targets demonstrate these differences.
