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Smarter waste strategies: Helping deliver on the promise of advanced nuclear
At COP28, held in Dubai in 2023, a clear consensus emerged: Nuclear energy must be a cornerstone of the global clean energy transition. With electricity demand projected to soar as we decarbonize not just power but also industry, transport, and heat, the case for new nuclear is compelling. More than 20 countries committed to tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. In the United States alone, the Department of Energy forecasts that the country’s current nuclear capacity could more than triple, adding 200 GW of new nuclear to the existing 95 GW by mid-century.
Y. Watanabe, T.A. Parish, B. Shofolu, W.D. Booth, R. Carrera, N.E. Hertel
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 3 | May 1991 | Pages 1938-1943
Neutronic | Proceedings of the Ninth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (Oak Brook, Illinois, October 7-11, 1990) | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29625
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A shielding analysis of the IGNITEX device proposed by the University of Texas as a relatively inexpensive way to obtain an ignited plasmas has been performed. This paper emphasizes the radiation streaming effects on the radiation environment in the IGNITEX machine. The analysis was done by using a three-dimensional Monte Carlo code, MCNP, along with a one-dimensional discrete ordinate code and simple analytical formulas. The results show that the streaming effect on the global radiation in the test cell is not significant. The vacuum and maintenance penetrations, in particular, straight ducts, increase the radiation level at and near the outlet of the ducts considerably. The vacuum fuel processing and fueling rooms should be specifically shielded from the test cell. Access during the pulses must be limited since the radiation level in these areas is very high during D-T burning pulses because of the radiation streaming from the test cell.
