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Can hydrogen be the transportation fuel in an otherwise nuclear economy?
Let’s face it: The global economy should be powered primarily by nuclear power. And it probably will by the end of this century, with a still-significant assist from renewables and hydro. Once nuclear systems are dominant, the costs come down to where gas is now; and when carbon emissions are reduced to a small portion of their present state, it will become obvious that most other sources are only good in niche settings. I mean, why use small modular reactors to load-follow when they can just produce that power instead of buffering it?
R. Haange, H. Yoshida, O.K. Kveton, J.E. Koonce, H. Horikiri, S.K. Sood, C. Fong, D. Lee, K.M. Kalyanam, A. Busigin
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 1491-1496
Tritium Waste Management and Discharge Control | Proceedings of the Fifth Topical Meeting on Tritium Technology In Fission, Fusion, and Isotopic Applications Belgirate, Italy May 28-June 3, 1995 | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A30623
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The Atmosphere Detritiation System (ADS) for ITER is being designed to provide the required cleanup of tritium spills into the building and into inert atmospheres for the lowest cost while meeting required emission regulations and limits. Since the CDA phase, changes in the reactor and building design, a new containment philosophy and vacuum vessel maintenance requirements have resulted in adoption of modular designs of the ADS. This paper describes how the different conditions were implemented in hardware and why the number of ADS modules of the present ITER are less than those specified during the CDA phase. The paper will also indicate how volume reduction features of technologies such as membrane humidity-air separators, could be used in ADS if sufficiently developed. The application of low inventory molecular sieves and hydrophobic catalysts will also be considered.