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NWMO to select Canadian repository site this year
Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization, a not-for-profit organization responsible for the long-term management of the country’s intermediate- and high-level radioactive waste, is set to select a site for a deep geologic repository by the end of the year.
N. A. Krall Jaycor, F. R. Scott
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 4 | Number 2 | September 1983 | Pages 395-407
Technical Paper | Special Section Content / Compact Fusion Concept | doi.org/10.13182/FST83-A22832
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The rationale for Electric Power Research Institute interest in small fusion systems is discussed from two points of view: economic demonstration of the competitive features of fusion energy and end use application. The physics base is summarized for five fusion schemes, which might enhance the prospects for a small fusion reactor, and scaling laws, which connect small systems with high-power-density systems are derived.