Fusion Science and Technology
Fusion Science and Technology
a year ago

A Safer, Smaller, Cleaner Subcritical Thorium Fission—Muonic Fusion Hybrid Reactor

A Safer, Smaller, Cleaner Subcritical Thorium Fission—Muonic Fusion Hybrid Reactor
A. Iiyoshi, N. Kobayashi, T. Mutoh, S. Nakatani, S. Okada, M. Sato, H. Takano, Y. Tanahashi, N. Yamamoto, A. Fujita, Y. Kino
Until the pure fusion ages come true, present nuclear power is a crucial option if humanity takes aim for a zero net carbon society by the 2050s. A thorium subcritical reactor activated and controlled by muon-catalyzed fusion (MuCF) is an alternative until the completion of the pure fusion reactors. This proposal consists of two main technologies: a steady-state MuCF and the thorium subcritical fission reactor with cascaded neutron multipliers. It will be an environmentally friendly quantum energy source built only by the present science and technologies in a few decades.

Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15361055.2023.2204996

Open URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2023.2204996

DOI: 10.1080/15361055.2023.2204996

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