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Nuclear energy for maritime shipping and coastal applications
The Boston-based Deon Policy Institute has published a white paper that examines the applications of nuclear energy in the maritime sector—specifically, floating nuclear power plants and nuclear propulsion for commercial vessels. Topics covered include available technologies, preliminary cost estimates, and a status update on the regulatory framework.
Unique opportunity: The paper points out that nuclear energy has the potential to benefit the shipping industry with high energy efficiency, lower operating costs, and zero carbon emissions. The report has a special focus on Greece, a nation that controls about 20 percent of the global commercial fleet and thus has an opportunity to take a leading role in the transition to nuclear-powered shipping.
J. Allan Sullivan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 11 | Number 3 | May 1987 | Pages 684-704
Technical Paper | KrF Laser | doi.org/10.13182/FST87-A25043
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The technology required to advance the state of the art of KrF amplifier construction to the 100-kJ output beam level is identified. The design of a non-lasing prototype machine that would test the soundness of the expanding flow diode concept and the viability of a modular and stackable approach to the electron guns and power supplies for very large amplifiers is presented and discussed in detail. The preliminary design of a 100-kJ power amplifier module is described, and key design problems and approaches are discussed. The realization of the technologies identified would lay the foundation for the construction of national facilities for the study of laser fusion at a near-optimum wavelength.
