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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?
T. Saito, Y. Tatematsu, K. Kajiwara, H. Abe, M. Ishikawa, Y. Kiwamoto, Y. Imaizumi, K. Nishida, E. Yokoyama, M. Ichimura, K. Ishii, I. Katanuma, K. Yatsu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 1 | January 2001 | Pages 143-146
Topical Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963427
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This paper describes response of currents circulating in an end region of the GAMMA 10 tandem mirror to variation of an end plate resistance REP. By changing its value from less than 1 Ω to over 1 MΩ, are examined the variation of the plasma potentials and the current balance at the end plate during fundamental ECRH. Main results are as follows. First, for REP ≥ 3 kΩ, the end plate potential as measured from the vacuum vessel is nearly constant and for REP ≤ 0.5 kΩ, on the contrary, the current flowing through the resistance is nearly constant. Second, the plasma potentials other than the end plate weakly depends on REP. In particular, the plasma potential at the central cell hardly varies with REP. Third, with decreasing REP, a step-like increase in the net current flowing through the end plate is observed at REP ≈ Zeff. Ion currents are observed on ring electrodes installed in the mirror cell in which ECRH is applied. A part of the ion current is to be connected to the end plate current.