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60 Years of U: Perspectives on resources, demand, and the evolving role of nuclear energy
Recent years have seen growing global interest in nuclear energy and rising confidence in the sector. For the first time since the early 2000s, there is renewed optimism about the industry’s future. This change is driven by several major factors: geopolitical developments that highlight the need for secure energy supplies, a stronger focus on resilient energy systems, national commitments to decarbonization, and rising demand for clean and reliable electricity.
S. Niikura, N. Ueda, I. Yanagisawa, T. Tone, Y. Seki
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 602-607
Blanket and First-Wall Engineering | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40105
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A computer program system THERMECH for THERmoMECchanical and THERmal-Hydraulic design of fusion blanket has been developed. The THERMECH executes blanket design by following processes: 1) preliminary thermal-hydraulic design of blanket by one-dimensional analysis, 2) pre-processing, calculation, modifying and post-processing of two-dimensional thermal-hydraulic and thermomechanical analyses, 3) pre-processing, calculation and post-processing of three-dimensional thermomechanical analysis, 4) calculation of inelastic strain and resultant stress by one-dimensional analysis. This paper presents the outline of the THERMECH program system and the application to JAERI Tokamak Power Reactor.
