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2022 ANS Annual Meeting
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Finding fusion’s place
Fusion energy is attracting significant interest from governments and private capital markets. The deployment of fusion energy on a timeline that will affect climate change and offer another tool for energy security will require support from stakeholders, regulators, and policymakers around the world. Without broad support, fusion may fail to reach its potential as a “game-changing” technology to make a meaningful difference in addressing the twin challenges of climate change and geopolitical energy security.
The process of developing the necessary policy and regulatory support is already underway around the world. Leaders in the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, China, and elsewhere are engaging with the key issues and will lead the way in setting the foundation for a global fusion industry.
E. S. Bettis, R. W. Schroeder, G. A. Cristy, H. W. Savage, R. G. Affel, L. F. Hemphill
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 2 | Number 6 | November 1957 | Pages 804-825
Technical Paper | dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE57-A35495
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The Aircraft Reactor Experiment was designed for operation at temperatures in the region of 1500°F at a power of 1 to 3 Mw with a fluoride-salt fuel circulating in a heterogeneous core. The moderator was hot-pressed BeO blocks cooled by circulating sodium. The heat produced was dissipated in water through hot liquid-to-helium-to-water heat exchange systems. All sodium and fuel circuit components were made of Inconel fabricated by inertgas (Heliarc) welding. The sj^stem was heated to design temperature by means of electrical heating units applied over all parts of the system. Instrumentation and control of the experiment were fairly conventional. For the most part, standard instruments were modified slightly for the high-temperature application. The reactor system was constructed and operated in a building specifically provided for the purpose.
