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’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house
No electrons were flowing through even my mouse.
All devices were plugged by the chimney with care
With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
Dietrich Schwarz, Greg Pause
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 20 | Number 4 | December 1991 | Pages 537-541
Overview/Energy Policy | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A11946896
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Nuclear energy is well suited for baseload electricity generation as well as a broad range of cogeneration and process heat applications that serve to stretch our oil reserves. This paper presents a summary of non-electric applications that range from methanol production to space heating and distinguishes the High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor as uniquely suited for the high temperature applications.