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Zap Energy hits 37-million-degree electron temperatures in compact fusion device
Zap Energy announced April 23 that it has reached 1-3 keV plasma electron temperatures—roughly the equivalent of 11 to 37 million degrees Celsius—using its sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch approach to fusion. Reaching temperatures above that of the sun’s core (which is 10 million degrees Celsius temperature) is just one hurdle required before any fusion confinement concept can realistically pursue net gain and fusion energy.
K. Van Tichelen, G. Kennedy, F. Mirelli, A. Marino, A. Toti, D. Rozzia, E. Cascioli, S. Keijers (SCK-CEN), Ph. Planquart (Von Karman Inst), invited
Proceedings | Advances in Thermal Hydraulics 2018 | Orlando, FL, November 11-15, 2018 | Pages 1-16
SCK•CEN is at the forefront of Heavy Liquid Metal (HLM) nuclear technology worldwide with the development of the MYRRHA Accelerator Driven System. MYRRHA is a flexible fast-spectrum pool-type research reactor cooled by Lead Bismuth Eutectic and was identified as the European Technology Pilot Plant for the Lead-cooled Fast Reactor.
In this paper we will present selected topics from the R&D program on HLM thermal-hydraulics that are essential for the design, engineering and safety analysis of MYRRHA and other HLM-cooled reactors, including turbulent heat transfer in HLM, fuel assembly thermal hydraulics and flow-induced vibrations, control rod hydrodynamics, primary heat exchanger pool and integral system thermal hydraulics, sloshing and multi-physics modelling.