Comments on Fusion Energy and Desalination
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DOI: 10.1007/s10894-018-0170-5
Abstract: A fusion energy reactor is a potential source of electricity and heat for desalination of water. This note discusses the motivation, environmental issues, and a simplified schematic of such a desalination plant. A desalination facility… read more here.
Keywords: energy desalination; comments fusion; fusion energy; desalination ... See more keywords
Retrospective of the ARPA-E BETHE-GAMOW-Era Fusion Programs and Project Cohorts
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DOI: 10.1007/s10894-025-00504-4
Abstract: This paper provides a retrospective of the BETHE (Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy) and GAMOW (Galvanizing Advances in Market-aligned fusion for an Overabundance of Watts) fusion programs of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), as well… read more here.
Keywords: energy; fusion; fusion programs; gamow ... See more keywords
Towards Fusion Energy in the Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0 Context: Call for a Global Commission for Urgent Action on Fusion Energy
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DOI: 10.1007/s13132-020-00695-5
Abstract: This article provides a high-level review of the geopolitical status quo of nuclear fusion energy and outlines a vision for the future against the backdrop of Industry 5.0 and Society 5.0. In 2020, the year… read more here.
Keywords: energy; global commission; fusion energy; fusion ... See more keywords
Nuclear safety aspects on the road towards fusion energy
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DOI: 10.1016/j.fusengdes.2018.11.053
Abstract: Abstract On the road toward fusion energy, ITER is the first fusion facility which will have enough radioactive inventory to be potentially dangerous for the public and the environment. As such, ITER has a licensed… read more here.
Keywords: fusion; road; iter; fusion energy ... See more keywords
Brexit uncertainty threatens fusion-energy research
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-05283-x
Abstract: Confusion over UK funding from Europe’s nuclear agency is adding to the anxiety of staff at the Joint European Torus.Confusion over UK funding from Europe’s nuclear agency is adding to the anxiety of staff at… read more here.
Keywords: energy research; uncertainty threatens; fusion energy; brexit uncertainty ... See more keywords
A prospectus on laser-driven inertial fusion as an energy source
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0232701
Abstract: Recent historic results in inertial fusion on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) laser have now demonstrated a fusion gain (fusion energy divided by laser driver energy) greater than one [Abu-Shawareb et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.… read more here.
Keywords: laser; energy; fusion; fusion energy ... See more keywords
An overview of the fusion landscape
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DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2024.2417611
Abstract: ABSTRACT Fusion is very attractive as a potential energy source, but it is taking a long time to develop into a commercial reality. Given the challenges of climate change and the need for dispatchable power… read more here.
Keywords: energy; fusion; fusion landscape; fusion energy ... See more keywords
Summary of the FESAC Transformative Enabling Capabilities Panel Report
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DOI: 10.1080/15361055.2019.1565912
Abstract: Abstract The U.S. Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee was charged “to identify the most promising transformative enabling capabilities (TEC) for the U.S. to pursue that could promote efficient advance toward fusion energy, building on burning… read more here.
Keywords: transformative enabling; promising transformative; enabling capabilities; science technology ... See more keywords
Fusion Energy Output Greater than the Kinetic Energy of an Imploding Shell at the National Ignition Facility.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.245003
Abstract: A series of cryogenic, layered deuterium-tritium (DT) implosions have produced, for the first time, fusion energy output twice the peak kinetic energy of the imploding shell. These experiments at the National Ignition Facility utilized high… read more here.
Keywords: energy output; kinetic energy; energy; imploding shell ... See more keywords
Impact of Localized Radiative Loss on Inertial Confinement Fusion Implosions.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.145001
Abstract: The impact to fusion energy production due to the radiative loss from a localized mix in inertial confinement implosions using high density carbon capsule targets has been quantified. The radiative loss from the localized mix… read more here.
Keywords: fusion; inertial confinement; fusion energy; radiative loss ... See more keywords
Nuclear Fusion Diffusion: Theory, Policy, Practice, and Politics Perspectives
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DOI: 10.1109/tem.2020.2982101
Abstract: Fusion energy has the potential to address long-term energy requirements and climate change. However, fusion energy is characterized by a “development divide” between the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) consortium members and the non-ITER “Global… read more here.
Keywords: energy; nuclear fusion; problems include; fusion diffusion ... See more keywords