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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?
Carmen Varlam, Ioan Stefanescu, Ionut Faurescu, Nicolae Bidica, Irina Vagner, Denisa Faurescu, Diana Bogdan
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 71 | Number 3 | April 2017 | Pages 339-343
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1289451
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The paper presents the variation of tritium activity concentration in the environment of Experimental Pilot Plant for Tritium and Deuterium Separation (PESTD) over 6 years of observations. The tritium level was established in surface water, air, precipitation, home-grown vegetable, meat and milk. The yearly average tritium concentrations in air were slightly higher than values for the preoperational monitoring program. The values of tritium concentration in surface water and fresh products used for human consumption did not exceed 3 Bq/kg fresh weight. Nuclear activity of PESTD did not have any impact on the environment so far.