ORNL Review v20n4 1987.pdf

• Magnetic Fusion Progress: A History and Review
  • SIDEBAR: International Fusion Superconducting Magnets Set World Record
  • SIDEBAR: The ATF—ORNL's New Toroidal Fusion Device To Begin Operation Soon
• Introducing Methanol-Fueled Vehicles
• Ultrasonic Diffraction Tomography for Imaging Tumors
  • SIDEBAR: ORNL Develops Acoustic Technique for Imaging Underground Features

Departments

• Take a Number
• Technical Capsules. EPA adopts ORNL test to determine hazardous-waste toxicity; ORNL computer model demonstrates learning; antibody-laser technique may detect toxic chemicals; five Oak Ridge developments win 1987 IR 100 awards.
• News Notes. Restart plans for HFIR, other reactors; Numerical Linear Algebra Year observed; 11th Distinguished Scientist named; ORNL researchers facilitate cleanup at TMI; compression of ORNL waste demonstrated; stimulating transfer of ORNL technologies.
• Books. The Dragon's Tail: Radiation Safety in the Manhattan Project is reviewed.
• Awards and Appointments