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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?
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 147 | Number 3 | July 2004 | Pages 319-322
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE04-A2436
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A projectile penetrates with high velocity the lid of a gas receptacle, compresses and heats a statically precompressed volume of a gaseous deuterium-tritium mixture, and may possibly start fusion reactions by releasing and focusing a shock wave.A high amount of energy is delivered to a small volume in a very short time. The wall of the receptacle and the high density of projectile and receptacle material act as confinement. For the acceleration of projectile and receptacle, a series of interconnected (cascaded) and modified light gas guns is used.In the first part of this note, technical aspects are outlined. By a synchronized operation of the light gas guns, projectile and receptacle hit each other in the center of a reaction chamber. If fusion reactions can be started, a gas-cooled high-temperature moderator, containing breeding material for tritium, will surround the reaction chamber. In the second part the shock wave propagation and focusing is described in approximation. The results should encourage a precise theoretical treatment of the problem.