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In commercial nuclear power, there has always been a deliberate tension between the regulator and the utility owner. The regulator fundamentally exists to protect the worker, and the utility, to make a profit. It is a win-win balance.
From the U.S. nuclear industry has emerged a brilliantly successful occupational nuclear safety record—largely the result of an ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) process that has driven exposure rates down to what only a decade ago would have been considered unthinkable. In the U.S. nuclear industry, the system has accomplished an excellent, nearly seamless process that succeeds to the benefit of both employee and utility owner.
L. Blumenau, H. Branover, A. El-Boher, E Spero, S. Sukoriansky, G. Talmage, E. Greenspan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 10 | Number 3 | November 1986 | Pages 914-921
Innovative Concepts for Power Conversion | Proceedings of the Seveth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Reno, Nevada, June 15–19, 1986) | doi.org/10.13182/FST86-A24853
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In light of advances in the conceptual design of Liquid Metal Magneto Hydro Dynamic (LMMHD) Power Conversion Systems (PCS), a review describing matching possiblities between LMMHD PCS and fusion reactor blankets is presented. It is found that the LMMHD technology may enable the conversion of high-temperature blanket energy into electricity at efficiencies greater than 60%. Being free of moving parts, at least in the high-temperature range, this technology might be easier to implement than technologies based on turbomachinery. LMMHD PCSs can be designed to be completely static and practically hermetically sealed providing simple systems, with expected high reliability, facilitated maintenance and tritium control. Moreover, in none of the LMMHD PCSs considered is there a need for lithium-to-water heat exchange, thus increasing safety and minimizing tritium handling difficulties.
