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International Conference on Mathematics and Computational Methods Applied to Nuclear Science and Engineering (M&C 2025)
April 27–30, 2025
Denver, CO|The Westin Denver Downtown
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State legislation: Delaware delving into nuclear energy possibilities
A bill that would create a nuclear energy task force in Delaware has passed the state Senate and is now being considered in the House of Representatives.
Keiji Nagai, Takayoshi Norimatsu, Yasukazu Izawa
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 45 | Number 2 | March 2004 | Pages 79-83
Technical Paper | Target Fabrication | doi.org/10.13182/FST04-A431
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The present report describes ultralow density (2~10 mg/cm3) hydrocarbon plastic (CH2) foams with a controllable micro- or nano-meter-sized lamella structure. These foams are prepared from a poly(4-methyl-1-pentene) gel with hexanol and butanol derivatives by extraction using supercritical fluid CO2. Their intended use is in laser-plasma experiments and as a laser-plasma X-ray source. Their microstructure approached to nanometer and was varied using different alcohols. The finest ultralow density foam was prepared from 2-butanol gel.
