SUMMARY OF SHERWOOD ACTIVITIES

Technical Report · Wed Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4073553

Winn, W S

The progress from Aug. 15, 1960, to Feb. 1, 1961, of the AEC laboratories active in the AEC-controlled thermonuclear research program, the SHERWOOD Project, are reported. The problem areas associated with the development of the principal devices are outlined, and the measures being taken to solve these problems are described. Two large experimental devices that were conceived years ago are in the final states of construction and component testing. These include the Model C Stellarator at Princeton University and the DCX-2 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The large Astron facility at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory is in the design and construction stage. A difference of opinion between U. S. scientists and a U.S.S.R. scientist, regarding a particular plasma radiation energy loss, is described as nearing resolution. The problem influenced the final size of a workable fusion reactor. This exchange of theory and computational results indicated that the problem may be one of relatively minor magnitude. Scientific conferences in 1961, where exchange of information relative to controlled thermonuclear reactions is appreciable, are enumerated. (auth)

• Research Organization: Defense Atomic Support Agency. Field Command, Albuquerque, N. Mex.
• NSA Number: NSA-15-012316
• OSTI ID: 4073553
• Report Number(s): NP-9834
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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