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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?
Marius Zamfirache, Anisia Bornea, Liviu Stefan, Ana George, Ovidiu Balteanu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 4 | May 2020 | Pages 488-493
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1718853
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The National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies (ICSI Rm. Valcea) was established in 1970 as a research entity with the main goal of developing a heavy water production technology. One of the departments of the institute, entitled ICSI Nuclear, is oriented toward the development of a heavy water detritiation technology with the main beneficiary being the Cernavoda nuclear power plant. Thus, ICSI Nuclear has completed the technical project of the Cernavoda Tritium Removal Facility (CTRF). This paper focuses on the CTRF front end (water detritiation system) and will analyze achievement of the nominal regime at start-up and analysis of the transient regimes that may occur during normal operation and their impact on the water detritiation factor. Analysis results can become input for improvement of the CTRF control and instrumentation system, for subsequent operating facility procedures, and for verification of the isotopic exchange software models corresponding to these modes of operation.