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most citedAssessing the Risk of Proliferation via Fissile Material Breeding in ARC-class Fusion Power Plants

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physics.plasm-ph2026

Characterization of a prototype parallel-plate U fission chamber with DD and DT fusion neutron sources

V. Hagenlocker, R. A. Tinguely, X. Wang +5

The SPARC tokamak will employ U-based fission chambers (FCs) to monitor high-performance deuterium-tritium (DT) plasma operations, spanning neutron yield rates from ${\sim}…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Synthetic model of gamma-ray emission during DT experiments on the SPARC tokamak

E. Panontin, R. A. Tinguely, J. L. Ball +10

In thermonuclear plasmas, plasma ions undergoing nuclear reactions emit gamma-rays with energies in the MeV range. Their spectroscopy can convey much plasma information, such as th…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Interpretive Modeling of plasma evolution during fueling experiments at CMFX

S. Mackie, J. G. van de Lindt, J. L. Ball +7

The Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment (CMFX) is an axisymmetric magnetic mirror with a central cathode which generates an azimuthal, radially sheared, supersonic \( E \times B \…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Measurements of Fusion Yield on the Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment

John L. Ball, Shon Mackie, Jacob G. van de Lindt +9

The Centrifugal Mirror Fusion Experiment (CMFX) at the University of Maryland, College Park is a rotating mirror device that utilizes a central cathode to generate a radial electri…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Advancing Tritium Self-Sufficiency in Fusion Power Plants: Insights from the BABY Experiment

Remi Delaporte-Mathurin, Nikola Goles, John Ball +13

In the pursuit of fusion power, achieving tritium self-sufficiency stands as a pivotal challenge. Tritium breeding within molten salts is a critical aspect of next-generation fusio…

physics.plasm-ph2024

MANTA: A Negative-Triangularity NASEM-Compliant Fusion Pilot Plant

MANTA Collaboration, G. Rutherford, H. S. Wilson +38

The MANTA (Modular Adjustable Negative Triangularity ARC-class) design study investigated how negative-triangularity (NT) may be leveraged in a compact, fusion pilot plant (FPP) to…

physics.soc-ph2024★ 3 cited

Assessing the Risk of Proliferation via Fissile Material Breeding in ARC-class Fusion Power Plants

J. L. Ball, E. E. Peterson, R. S. Kemp +1

Construction of a nuclear weapon requires access to kilogram-scale quantities of fissile material, which can be bred from fertile material like U-238 and Th-232 via neutron capture…