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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.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 1 | January 2005 | Pages 96-99
Technical Paper | Open Magnetic Systems for Plasma Confinement | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A615
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In the GAMMA 10 tandem mirror device, an experimental plan of high power ECRH is now under way. As the first step, operation of existing gyrotrons for plug ECRH has been carried out at a power exceeding their nominal powers of 200 kW. In this step, the highest recorded value of [varphi]c for a hot ion mode plasma is 1.4 kV at Pplug = 240 kW. The effective temperature Teff of the end loss electrons as a scaling factor of the axial potential distribution has attained to 3 keV at a heating power of 260 kW and the potential difference between the plug to the end plate has exceeded 5 kV. Then, the potential range of the scaling between and Teff has been expanded. Use of a new gyrotron delivering much higher power is the second step. The first experimental campaign with this gyrotron has just started.