Nuclear fusion power generation is feasible

According to a recent study, nuclear fusion reactions may become economically viable power generation devices for decades, and policy makers should start planning and use them to replace traditional nuclear power plants.

Research fusion economics from Durham University and the Oxford Fusion Energy Research Center revisited this nuclear fusion reactor and made new progress in superconducting technology for the first time. They analyzed the establishment, operation and dismantling of nuclear fusion power stations. The results show that the economic potential of fusion nuclear energy is higher than that of conventional fission nuclear energy.

An earlier study showed that the cost of producing electricity from fusion power plants and fission power plants is similar, which fully demonstrates the advantages of using new superconducting technology. This research result was published in the magazine Fusion Engineering and Design.

Professor Damian Hampshire of Durham University’s Center for Materials Physics Research said: “Obviously, this is an assumption we made, but I would like to say that our predictions show that fusion power generation is not much more expensive than fission power generation.” The results of this research have made unlimited energy possible. In one or two generations of time, nuclear fusion reactors will provide near-wireless energy functions, and will not cause global warming or produce too large amounts of harmful substances.

According to reports, nuclear fusion reactors mainly generate electricity by heating plasma to 100 million degrees Celsius and fuse hydrogen atoms together to release energy. This is in contrast to fission reactors, where fission occurs mainly by splitting atoms through a much lower temperature environment.

The advantage of nuclear fusion reactors over current nuclear fission reactors is that they produce almost no radioactive waste, so they are also safer and do not experience high levels of radioactive material leakage, such as Chernobyl and Fukushima disasters. Wait.

Not only that, nuclear fusion reactors are also politically safer because the reactors do not produce nuclear weapons because their fuel is the crucibles extracted in the reactor or the heavy water extracted from the seawater. These fuels do not have any security in terms of supply security. The problem.

About 10 years ago, an international thermonuclear experimental reactor was created in southern France. Its main purpose was to prove the science and technology of fusion energy by testing fusion reactors. Prof. Damian Hampshire said he hopes the results of this analysis will help convince policy makers and the private sector to invest more in fusion energy.

Professor Damian Hampshire added that the cost of a nuclear fusion reactor is very complex considering the changes in raw materials and exchange rates. However, this study allows us to see the feasibility of nuclear fusion power generation and we are moving in the right direction. He told us: "Because of technical limitations, many people do not believe that nuclear fusion power can be achieved."

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