# Findings: AVCO Plasmaradiationshield 1967 **Source PDF:** `AVCO_PlasmaRadiationShield_1967.pdf` **Date range:** 1955-1985 **Source org:** NASA ## Summary This 1967 NASA contractor report, prepared by AVCO Corporation researchers Richard H. Levy and Francis W. French, explores the concept of a Plasma Radiation Shield designed to protect astronauts from solar flare-produced protons. The study concludes that using electromagnetic fields and free electrons for active shielding is theoretically

# Findings: AVCO Plasmaradiationshield 1967 **Source PDF:** `AVCO_PlasmaRadiationShield_1967.pdf` **Date range:** 1955-1985 **Source org:** NASA ## Summary This 1967 NASA contractor report, prepared by AVCO Corporation researchers Richard H. Levy and Francis W. French, explores the concept of a Plasma Radiation Shield designed to protect astronauts from solar flare-produced protons. The study concludes that using electromagnetic fields and free electrons for active shielding is theoretically

# Findings: Christofilos Astron Fusion 2011 **Source PDF:** `Christofilos_Astron_Fusion_2011.pdf` **Date range:** 1955-2011 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary Published in 2011 by researchers affiliated with Princeton University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, this review article chronicles the history of the Astron project and the career of its creator, Nicholas Christofilos, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory between 1956 and 1973. The document explores Christofilos's unco

# Findings: IAEA Fusion Research Vol2 1983 **Source PDF:** `IAEA_Fusion_Research_Vol2_1983.pdf` **Date range:** 1956-2025 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary This document, published by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 1983, contains the second volume of proceedings from the Ninth International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research held in Baltimore in 1982. The papers cover a wide range of technical topics including tokamak experiments, plasma heati

# Findings: IAEA Plasmaphysicsfusionresearchvol2 1983 **Source PDF:** `IAEA_PlasmaPhysicsFusionResearchVol2_1983.pdf` **Date range:** 1956-2025 **Source org:** LANL ## Summary This 1983 publication from the International Atomic Energy Agency presents Volume II of the proceedings from the Ninth International Conference on Plasma Physics and Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research. It features technical papers on tokamak experiments, plasma heating, stellarators, and inertial confinement, detailing