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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?
V.T. Astrelin, A.V. Arzhannikov, E.V. Bobukh, A.V. Burdakov, I.A. Ivanov, V.S. Koidan, K.I. Mekler, P.I. Melnikov, S.V. Polosatkin, V.V. Postupaev, A.F. Rovenskikh, S.L. Sinitskiy, A.Yu. Zabolotsky, N.G. Karlykhanov, V.A. Lykov, V.G. Nikolaev
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 384-388
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963890
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New approach to a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) source based on mirror-confined plasma is presented. A plasma cloud with ne=1016−1017 cm−3 and Te=10–50 eV serves as an active medium. Such plasma can be obtained in GOL-3 facility by means of two-stage heating by relativistic electron beam. Current experiments on GOL-3-II facility are described. Results of recent study of VUV flush from hydrogen and nitrogen plasma with calculations of ionisation balance and radiation power are presented. Transitions in Li-like ions for recombination scheme and in Ne-like ions for collision excitation scheme are considered as a candidates for coherent VUV generation. Prospects of population inversion and gain achievement are discussed.