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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.
John D. Sheliak, James K. Hoffer
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 2 | March 1999 | Pages 234-243
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963930
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Solid D-T layers are equilibrated inside a 2 mm diameter beryllium toroidal cell at temperatures ranging from 19.0 K to 19.6 K, using the beta-layering process. Each experimental run consisted of multiple cycles of rapid- or slow-freezing of the initially liquid D-T charge. Each of these freeze cycles was followed by a lengthy period of beta-layering equilibration, which was terminated by melting the layer. The temperature was changed in discrete steps at the end of some equilibration cycles in an attempt to simulate actual ICF target conditions. High-precision images of the D-T solid-vapor interface were analyzed to yield the surface roughness σrms as a sum of modal contributions. Results show an average σrms. of 1.3 ± 0.3 μm for layers equilibrated at 19.0 K and show an inverse dependence of σrms on equilibration temperature up to 19.525 K. Inducing sudden temperature perturbations lowered σrms to 1.0 ± 0.05 μm.