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  • 101tokamak — to•ka•mak [[t]ˈtoʊ kəˌmæk, ˈtɒk ə [/t]] n. phs a type of experimental nuclear fusion reactor in which a plasma of ions circulates in a toroidal tube and is confined to a narrow beam by an electromagnetic field • Etymology: 1960–65; < Russ… …

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  • 102Nuclear thermal rocket — Sketch of nuclear thermal rocket …

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  • 103Riggatron — A Riggatron is a magnetic confinement fusion reactor design created by Robert W. Bussard in the late 1970s. It is tokamak on the basis of its magnetic geometry, but some unconventional engineering choices were made, in particular the use of… …

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  • 104Electron spiral toroid — Electron Power Systems, Inc. of Acton, Massachusetts, United States, claims to have developed a technology for maintaining small stable plasma toroids called electron spiral toroids (ESTs) which remain stable in Earth s atmosphere without the use …

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  • 105Orders of magnitude (energy) — Different orders of magnitude of natural energy production for solar, wind and geothermal versus average global consumption rate (1 W = 1 J/s) This list compares various energies in joules (J), organized by order of magnitude. List of orders of… …

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  • 106Igor Tamm — Infobox Scientist name = Igor Tamm box width = imagesize = 180px caption = Igor Tamm birth date = July 8 1895 birth place = Vladivostok, Russian Empire death date = April 12 1971 death place = MoscowRussia nationality = Russia field = Physics… …

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  • 107MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center — The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a research laboratory for the study of plasma physics and nuclear fusion. Originally the Plasma Fusion Center, it was founded in 1976.The PSFC consists of …

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  • 108ASDEX Upgrade — The ASDEX Upgrade divertor tokamak (Axially Symmetric Divertor EXperiment) went into operation at the Max Planck Institut für Plasmaphysik, Garching in 1991. At present, it is Germany s largest fusion device. Overview To make experiments under… …

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  • 109Behavior of nuclear fuel during a reactor accident — This page is devoted to a discussion of how uranium dioxide nuclear fuel behaves during both normal nuclear reactor operation and under reactor accident conditions such as overheating. Work in this area is often very expensive to conduct, and so… …

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  • 110Blink of an Eye — Infobox Star Trek episode series = VOY name = Blink of an Eye series ep num = 130 prod num = 233 date = January 19, 2000 writer = Michael Taylor and Joe Menosky director = Gabrielle Beaumont guest = Melik Malkasian as Shaman Walter H. McCready as …

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