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Thermal Hydraulics
The division provides a forum for focused technical dialogue on thermal hydraulic technology in the nuclear industry. Specifically, this will include heat transfer and fluid mechanics involved in the utilization of nuclear energy. It is intended to attract the highest quality of theoretical and experimental work to ANS, including research on basic phenomena and application to nuclear system design.
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Las Vegas, NV|Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino
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G7 pledges support for nuclear at Italy meeting
The Group of Seven (G7) recommitted its support for nuclear energy in the countries that opt to use it at a Ministerial Meeting on Climate in Italy last month.
In a statement following the April meeting, the group committed to support multilateral efforts to strengthen the resilience of nuclear supply chains, referencing the goal set by 25 countries during last year’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai to triple global nuclear generating capacity by 2050.
Stephen Strikwerda, Paul A. Staniec, Monica Jong, Ben Wakeling, Stephen Reynolds, Ian Castillo, Sam Suppiah, Hugh Boniface, Donald Ryland, Todd Whitehorne, Kathrin Abraham, Steve Wheeler, Damian Brennan, Rachel Lawless
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 80 | Number 3 | May 2024 | Pages 607-615
Research Article | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2210277
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The commercial generation of electricity and high-temperature thermal energy via fusion technology remains one of the promising alternatives to help meet the challenging targets to decarbonize the global energy system. Fusion technology can play a significant role as part of the long-term switch away from carbon-based fuels for electricity and heat due to high energy output, usage of abundant fuel that can be made available without environmental degradation, and avoidance of long-lived and toxic transuranics.
Many countries have their own fusion research and development programs, while large research efforts are being undertaken in multicountry collaborations, such as ITER. Recently, fairly new (semi-) commercial organizations have been successful in initiating independent development programs funded by government grants and private investments.
Different fusion reactor technologies still share many challenges, with one of the major issues being the management of the deuterium-tritium (DT) fuel cycle and associated auxiliary systems. These different fusion technology developers could benefit immensely from existing and available DT expertise, allowing them to focus primarily on the physics and mechanical aspects of their reactor technologies while finding support for common tritium technological challenges through collaboration. As world-leading experts in DT technology, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Agency(UKAEA), are well positioned to support such needs of the fusion industry.
This paper broadly explores the worldwide DT challenges, identifies opportunities where tritium expertise is key to the development of fusion infrastructure, and presents a view of how CNL and UKAEA are addressing these opportunities for the various fusion developers. This paper presents a holistic view that may be informative to future tritium roadmap and decision-making exercises conducted within the community.