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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.
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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 30-39
Invited Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963824
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The problems of Alfven and ion cyclotron heating in axicymmetrical mirrors are addressed.
For the Alfven resonance heating scheme, the properties of continuum waves and kinetic (modified) Alfven waves are considered. The numerical modeling and experimental results for Alfven resonance heating with triple loop antenna are discussed.
The specific features of magnetic beach ion cyclotron heating scenario in axisymmetric mirror are considered from the point of view of propagation condition and accessibility of the fast Alfven wave for excitation with external currents. The magnetic beach for continuum Alfven wave is analyzed. Using ray tracing calculations, the significant cyclotron damping of kinetic Alfven wave is predicted for the magnetic beach case.
For fast magnetosonic wave cyclotron heating, the mechanisms of wave energy damping are described. The structure of global resonances is discussed. Heating scenarios with single global resonance and resonance overlapping are compared.
The applicability of the scenarios mentioned for mirror based neutron source is addressed.
