PULSAR-I is a 1000 MWe pulsed inductively-driven tokamak design. The reactor uses a helium-cooled SiC composite as a structural material and Li2O as a breeder. At shutdown, the blanket and shield activities are 693 and 77.9 MCi, respectively. The blanket activity drops by more than two orders of magnitude during the first hour following its replacement. The shield activity drops more slowly tha...

This paper presents a number of new algorithms for discovering the Markov Blanket of a target variable T from training data. The Markov Blanket can be used for variable selection for classification, for causal discovery, and for Bayesian Network learning. We introduce a low-order polynomial algorithm and several variants that soundly induce the Markov Blanket under certain broad conditions in d...

A prospective observational study was conducted in a male orphanage to find out the prevalence of enterobiasis and its incidence after blanket chemotherapy using mebendazole. We found that the prevalence of enterobiasis was 28.9%. The incidence density of enterobiasis after blanket chemotherapy was 379.82 per 1,000 person-years which was quite high. We suggest that blanket chemotherapy should b...

Testing blanket concepts in the integrated fusion environment is one of the principal objectives of ITER. Blanket test modules will be inserted in ITER from Day 1 of its operation and will provide the first experimental data on the feasibility of the D-T cycle for fusion. With the US rejoining ITER, the US community has decided to have strong participation in the ITER Test Blanket Module (TBM) ...

First wall and blanket (FW/blanket) design is a crucial element in the performance and acceptance of a fusion power plant. High temperature structural and breeding materials are needed for high thermal performance. A suitable combination of structural design with the selected materials is necessary for D /T fuel sufficiency. Whenever possible, low afterheat, low chemical reactivity and low acti...

There is concern that ecosystem services provided by blanket peatlands have come under threat due to increasing degradation. Blanket peatlands are subject to a wide range of drivers of degradation and are topographically variable. As a result, many degradation forms can develop, including those resulting from eroding artificial drainage, incising gullies and areas of bare peat. Many degraded bl...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effectiveness of temperature-controlled thermal blanket as additional thermoprotection. DESIGN Randomized controlled prospective study. SETTING Single-center tertiary neonatal unit. PATIENTS Inborn very low-birth-weight (< 1,500 g) infants. INTERVENTIONS Infants were prospectively assigned to thermal blanket group or control at 1:1 ratio. Additional to radiant...

Breeding blankets are key components of fusion power plants and determine to a large degree their attractiveness. There is a large range of possible blanket concepts, characterized by breeding material, structural material, coolant, and geometrical arrangement. On one extreme side there are concepts requiring only a modest extrapolation of the present technology, but with limited attractiveness...

This paper outlines the changes in the design requirements for the ITER blanket system resulting from the analysis initiated by the design review, and how the blanket design is evolving in order to meet these