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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
R. Hecker, L. Wolf
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 97 | Number 1 | September 1987 | Pages 1-8
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE87-A23490
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A general view is given of the significance and practical application of critical experiments for design and development of high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) pebble-bed cores, mainly in the Federal Republic of Germany. Some experimental results are presented, and the theoretical methods that are used to evaluate different effects are discussed. The main target seems to be attained; for HTGR pebble-bed cores, reliable methods for nuclear design are available.
