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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?
Rachel Lawless, Barry Butler, Anthony Hollingsworth, Patrick Camp, Rebecca Shaw
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 71 | Number 4 | May 2017 | Pages 679-686
Technical Note | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1290948
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Any future European DEMO reactor which is based upon the D-T fusion reaction will require a tritium plant to reprocess gases such that they can be effectively resupplied to the tokamak fueling systems, and to protect the environment and personnel from tritium releases. The plant must also be designed to allow replacement of burnt fuel with tritium and deuterium. This document outlines the preliminary stages of the design of the European DEMO tritium plant, from initial interface and requirements determination, through to identification of required subsystems and proposal of a new tritium plant architecture. It then goes on to cover the review, assessment and selection of potential technologies for each tritium plant subsystem.
Where possible, a proposed technology is put forward. Elsewhere the required further research is identified.