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U.K. vision for fusion
The U.K. government has announced a series of initiatives to progress fusion to commercialization, laid out in a fusion strategy policy paper published March 16. A New Energy Revolution: The UK’s Plan for Delivering Fusion Energy begins to describe how the government’s £2.5 billion (about $3.4 billion) investment in fusion research and development over five years will be allocated.
Haihua Zhao, Grant Fukuda, Ryan P. Abbott, Per F. Peterson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 47 | Number 3 | April 2005 | Pages 460-466
Technical Paper | Fusion Energy - Experimental Devices and Advanced Designs | doi.org/10.13182/FST05-A730
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This paper presents an overview and a few point designs for multiple-reheat helium Brayton cycle power conversion systems using molten salts (or liquid metals or direct helium cooling). All designs are derived from the General Atomics GT-MHR power conversion unit (PCU). The important role of compact, offset fin heat exchangers for heat transfer to the power cycle helium, and the potential for these to be fabricated from carbon-coated composite materials that would have lower potential for fouling, are discussed. Specific links are made to the ITER TBM and laser IFE blanket design, and to Z-Pinch/HIF thick-liquid IFE.