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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.
Peter L. Hagelstein
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 23 | Number 3 | May 1993 | Pages 353-361
Technical Notes on Cold Fusion | doi.org/10.13182/FST93-A30166
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A new model describing the transfer of neutrons to and from nuclei embedded in a lattice was recently proposed. The coupling between the nuclei and lattice phonons is now explored, focusing on the question of whether it is possible under any conditions for anomalously large energy transfer to or from the lattice to occur during a neutron transfer reaction. By studying the gamma line shape, no anomalies are expected for a ground-state lattice or for a thermal lattice. Under certain conditions, the frequency of aphonon mode can be shifted significantly in a neutron transfer reaction; phonons initially present in that mode are shifted in frequency during the reaction. This effect produces an anomalous energy shift in the event that the mode is initially strongly excited.
