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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.
E. Michael Campbell, William J. Hogan, W. Howard Lowdermilk
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 21 | Number 3 | May 1992 | Pages 1344-1349
Magnetic and Inertial Fusion Experiment | doi.org/10.13182/FST92-A29910
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The expeditious demonstration of ignition and gain in a laboratory Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) target has been identified by the National Academy of Sciences1 (NAS) and the Fusion Policy Advisory Committee2 (FPAC) as “the highest priority of the ICF Program.” Assuming that the near-term NAS-recommended preparatory milestones are met, they also concluded that the proposed Nova Upgrade would be the most expeditious way of achieving that goal. The Nova Upgrade would consist of an advanced, cost effective Nd:glass laser that would deliver 1–2 MJ of 0.35 µm light to a target chamber for indirect drive target experiments in which as much as 20 MJ of thermonuclear yield could result. After achieving ignition and gain, further experiments on the facility will allow development of optimized targets for Inertial Fusion Energy (IFE) reactors, simulation of some aspects of ion beam targets, and development of reactor first wall concepts. The targets developed on Nova Upgrade will potentially be suitable for use in an early, low-power engineering test facility (ETF) as the next step in IFE development.
