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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?
Tomohiro Morisaki, Akio Komori, Shoichi Okamura, Hiroshi Yamada, Shigeru Morita, Keisuke Matsuoka, Kiyohiko Nishimura, Harukazu Iguchi, Osamu Motojima, Yoshinobu Kawai
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 27 | Number 3 | April 1995 | Pages 235-238
Helical Systems | doi.org/10.13182/FST95-A11947077
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The temporal behavior of electron density profiles of edge plasmas in the Compact Helical System (CHS) during high beta discharges was measured with a thermal neutral lithium beam probe. A large outward shift of the plasma edge boundary was observed with an increase in the beta value. The position of the plasma edge boundary measured experimentally was compared with that of the last closed flux surface (LCFS) calculated by the VMEC code, and qualitative agreement was found between experimental and theoretical results. The experiment on the dynamic poloidal field control during the discharge was also performed successfully to fix the position of the edge plasma boundary when the plasma beta was raised.