Reactor systems aspects of the future development of thermonuclear energy in the U.S.S.R

E.P. Velikhov and A.V. Nedospasov

Energy, 1987, vol. 12, issue 10, 1003-1006

Abstract: The Long-Term Energy Management Program of the U.S.S.R. includes establishing a technical and material basis for the extensive utilization of thermonuclear reactions. Thermonuclear energy is considered to be the most probable, practically inexhaustable energy source. In the beginning of the 21st century, when the practical utilization of the thermonuclear energy may begin, the energy management system of the U.S.S.R. will significantly differ from today's. Nuclear fission energy will have an important role both in generating electric power and in providing fuel for centralized heat supply systems. Since the thermal reactors used for this purpose are at an advanced level, it looks practical to capitalize initially on hybrid thermonuclear reactors that not only generate electric power, but produce plutonium as well. These notes conclude with a sketch of the possible role of hybrid reactors in the long-term nuclear energy management program of the Soviet Union.

Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1016/0360-5442(87)90055-7

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