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IAEA again raises global nuclear power projections
Noting recent momentum behind nuclear power, the International Atomic Energy Agency has revised up its projections for the expansion of nuclear power, estimating that global nuclear operational capacity will more than double by 2050—reaching 2.6 times the 2024 level—with small modular reactors expected to play a pivotal role in this high-case scenario.
IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi announced the new projections, contained in the annual report Energy, Electricity, and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2050 at the 69th IAEA General Conference in Vienna.
In the report’s high-case scenario, nuclear electrical generating capacity is projected to increase to from 377 GW at the end of 2024 to 992 GW by 2050. In a low-case scenario, capacity rises 50 percent, compared with 2024, to 561 GW. SMRs are projected to account for 24 percent of the new capacity added in the high case and for 5 percent in the low case.
Donald L. Cook
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1358-1363
Magnetic and Inertial Fusion Experiment | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29912
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Recent results from light ion fusion experiments on the Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator (PBFA II) are reported. Intense proton beams have been used to drive two different types of targets. In the thermal source targets, the proton beam heated a low-density foam. The specific power deposition of the proton beam in the foam exceeded 100 TW/gm. In the spherical hydrodynamic targets, the proton beam heated a thin-walled deuterium gas-filled target directly, producing a radial convergence of the deuterium of about 6. In order to increase the specific power deposition in the target, we are developing focused lithium beams. A preformed lithium ion source has been produced using a two-step laser evaporation and ionization approach. This preformed source provides the basis for experiments being planned to reduce the divergence of the lithium beam, a critical step in demonstrating the feasibility of light ion fusion.