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based on the fluid dynamics of ordinary gases do not completely describe the plasma reactor, since such studies do not include the effects of time varying magnetic and electric fields associated with the highly ionized fuel and coolant plasmas. Although some of the basic problems of plasma turbulence have been investigated theoretically

(72), a large theoretical effort is still required before an engineering analysis of two dimensional, multi-fluid, turbulent plasma dynamics can be performed. This analysis should extend the plasma composition calculational model to include, whenever necessary, nonequilibrium ionization effects (73,74) and also intermolecular forces and finite molecular sizes through use of van der Waal's equation of state (61). The two dimensional density distributions obtained from the fluid flow calculations can be used in the Rosseland diffusion approximation to determine temperature distributions in both the axial and radial directions, according to equation (8.8). In order to study the dynamics of turbulent plasmas, experimental work involving large, two-fluid, coaxially flowing plasmas at high temperatures will be required.

        The neutron scattering effects of high temperature hydrogen nuclei have been discussed in Chapter II. In addition to the energy of thermal motion, the kinetic energy associated with the fluid motion of the hydrogen