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Disney World should have gone nuclear
There is extra significance to the American Nuclear Society holding its annual meeting in Orlando, Florida, this past week. That’s because in 1967, the state of Florida passed a law allowing Disney World to build a nuclear power plant.
Hiromu Momota, George H. Miley
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 498-503
Alternate and Advanced Concepts | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963285
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“Double-well” potential structure (virtual cathode formation) is studied in a spherical inertial electrostatic confinement (SIEC) device using non-linear Poisson's equation. Particle densities are derived from a kinetic equation equivalent to Vlasov's equation. Velocities of collision-free electrons and ions at the edge of the configuration will be almost aligned towards the center, however, they have small divergences. Analyses show appearance of a virtual cathode potential well relevant to bum fusion fuels near the center of SIEC.
