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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?
A.G. Heics, W.T. Shmayda, R. Matsugu, S.K. Sood, K. Kalyanam, G.M. Pien, S. Letzring
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 28 | Number 3 | October 1995 | Pages 1515-1520
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-A30627
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The Omega Upgrade at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics will commence deuterium-tritium (DT) shots in 1995. Omega Upgrade utilizes a 350 nm, 30 kJ laser to energize DT filled targets contained within an evacuated target chamber (TC). Up to 10 DT shots per day are planned, 5 days a week, with each target containing 20 mCi of tritium. Cryopumps, used to achieve high vacuum in the TC and to collect unburnt gases following DT shots, are regenerated on a monthly basis. The Tritium Scrubber System (TSS) has been designed to capture tritium released from the cryopumps, vacuum pump exhaust streams, outgassing from internal surfaces, and in the event of target rupture. A large quantity of low activity gas needs to be processed by the system; the target chamber and diagnostic antechambers will be evacuated up to 8 and 2000 times each month, respectively. The TSS has been designed to interface with existing equipment at the facility. To permit the safe handling of tritium gas products and to comply with emission regulations, modifications are required to the facility to enable the capture of tritiated species from exhaust streams before being released to the atmosphere. The targeted annual tritium emission for the facility is less than 10 mCi. The TSS utilizes zirconium alloy hydride beds and molecular sieve beds to detritiate exhaust streams prior to stacking to satisfy this stringent emission target.