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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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TerraPower begins U.K. regulatory approval process
Seattle-based TerraPower signaled its interest this week in building its Natrium small modular reactor in the United Kingdom, the company announced.
TerraPower sent a letter to the U.K.’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, formally establishing its intention to enter the U.K. generic design assessment (GDA) process. This is TerraPower’s first step in deployment of its Natrium technology—a 345-MW sodium fast reactor coupled with a molten salt energy storage unit—on the international stage.
O.K. Kveton, R.S. Matsugu, S.K. Sood
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1541-1546
Inertial Fusion Reactor Studies | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29939
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Two separate conceptual designs of commercial fusion power plants have been developed for the U.S. Department of Energy. Inertial confinement reactor designs based on the driver systems of the KrF excimer gas laser and the heavy ion linac were developed and analyzed. The preliminary system design for reactor exhaust gas recovery and purification for tritium processing is described. The integrated design consists of a palladium-silver permeator for impurity removal, a high temperature isotope exchange reactor for impurity processing, pressure swing adsorption for tritium recovery from helium and water distillation and cryogenic distillation for isotope separation. A comparison between inertial fusion and magnetic fusion tritium systems is presented.