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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.
N. S. Yoon, B. H. Park, J. G. Yang, S. M. Hwang
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 35 | Number 1 | January 1999 | Pages 427-431
Poster Presentations | doi.org/10.13182/FST99-A11963899
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Results of global discharge modeling and simulation of the Hanbit magentic mirror discharge are given and an RF heating theory and its results are presented.
In the global discharge model, global transport equations of ions and electrons are solved including and impurity recycling equations. Based on the developed global model, the effect of oxygen impurity on the discharge characteristics is simulated. Also, Maxwell-Boltzmann equations are solved by the mode analysis technique to develop a theory of the radio frequency (RF) wave heating mechanism in a magnetic mirror discharge condition. Utilizing the solution the discharge impedance is calculated for the case of slot antenna. Moreover the plasma resistance is divided into an electron resistance and and ion resistance which indicate absorbed powers by electrons and ions, respectively.
