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Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
Over the past decade, fusion energy has moved decisively from scientific aspiration toward a credible pathway to a new energy technology. Thanks to long-term federal support, we have significantly advanced our fundamental understanding of plasma physics—the behavior of the superheated gases at the heart of fusion devices. This knowledge will enable the creation and control of fusion fuel under conditions required for future power plants. Our progress is exemplified by breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility and the Joint European Torus.
A. V. Anikeev, P. A. Bagryansky, U. Fischer, K. Noack, Yu. A. Tsidulko
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 59 | Number 1 | January 2011 | Pages 220-222
doi.org/10.13182/FST11-A11615
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Transmutation of long-lived radioactive nuclear waste, including plutonium, minor actinides and fission products, represents a highly important problem of fission reactor technology and is presently studied worldwide in large-scale. Sub-critical systems seem to be a promising option for efficiently burning plutonium and minor actinides provided a sufficiently high-intense neutron source is available. For a number of years the Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics (Russia) in collaboration with the Russian and European organizations developed the project of a 14 MeV neutron source for fusion material irradiation and other applications. The projected plasma type neutron source is based on the Gas Dynamic Trap (GDT) which is a special magnetic mirror system for the plasma confinement. This poster presents different version of the GDT-based neutron source for hybrid fusion-fission sub-critical system for the transmutation of the long-live radioactive waste in spent nuclear fuel.