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Taking shape: Fusion energy ecosystems built with public-private partnerships
It’s possible to describe fusion in simple terms: heat and squeeze small atoms to get abundant clean energy. But there’s nothing simple about getting fusion ready for the grid.
Private developers, national lab and university researchers, suppliers, and end users working toward that goal are developing a range of complex technologies to reach fusion temperatures and pressures, confounded by science and technology gaps linked to plasma behavior; materials, diagnostics, and electronics for extreme environments; fuel cycle sustainability; and economics.
Chester D. Kylstra
Nuclear Technology | Volume 22 | Number 2 | May 1974 | Pages 191-195
Technical Paper | Ocean—Nuclear Energy | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31402
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
A preliminary evaluation of the use of natural convection cooling to remove waste heat from offshore nuclear power plants is presented. This approach would minimize the environmental problems of thermal and mechanical shock and excessive temperatures associated with once-through cooling. The results indicate that approximately six times the length of condensate tubing used in a conventional condenser would be needed for natural convection cooling; a more complicated steam-handling system would also be required. The concept could only be justified if a power plant is needed at a particular site where the environmental cost of the conventional system exceeded the cost of natural convection cooling.