Physics:Fusion Pilot Plant
The Fusion Pilot Plant is a program initiated in 2021 by the United States Department of Energy to construct a pilot plant capable of producing net electrical fusion power by the 2030s. In September 2022, $50 million was earmarked by the Department of Energy for development of a pilot fusion power plant.[1][2] The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine was involved in kicking off the program and advised it become a United States public-private partnership.[3][4]
General Fusion received an award in July 2022 to study tritium production for the pilot plant startup.[5] In October 2022, General Atomics announced it would compete to construct the plant, citing its success operating the DIII-D tokamak, and expressed an interest in siting it in Southern California.[6][7]
See also
- DEMOnstration Power Plant
- Experimental Breeder Reactor I, first U.S. nuclear reactor to produce electricity
References
- ↑ "U.S. fusion pilot program ready to back designs from industry-led teams". American Nuclear Society. September 27, 2022. https://www.ans.org/news/article-4355/us-fusion-pilot-program-ready-to-back-designs-from-industryled-teams/.
- ↑ Department of Energy Announces $50 Million for a Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program, United States Department of Energy Office of Science, September 22, 2022, https://www.energy.gov/science/articles/department-energy-announces-50-million-milestone-based-fusion-development-program
- ↑ Robert J. Goldston (April 14, 2021), "National Academies calls for a fusion pilot plant", Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, https://thebulletin.org/2021/04/national-academies-calls-for-a-fusion-pilot-plant/
- ↑ John Greenwald (November 11, 2021). "PPPL expert details plans for a fusion pilot plant for presidential advisors". Quest (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory). https://www.pppl.gov/news/2021/pppl-expert-details-plans-fusion-pilot-plant-presidential-advisors.
- ↑ "Savannah River leverages its tritium experience to support fusion power". American Nuclear Society. July 22, 2022. https://www.ans.org/news/article-4147/savannah-river-leverages-its-tritium-experience-to-support-fusion-power/.
- ↑ "General Atomics announces concept for Fusion Pilot Plant". World Nuclear News. October 25, 2022. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/General-Atomics-announces-concept-for-Fusion-Pilot.
- ↑ Rob Nikolewski (November 4, 2022). "San Diego company plans to build a nuclear fusion plant. Will the pilot program work?". San Diego Union-Tribune. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2022-11-04/san-diego-based-general-atomics-plans-to-roll-out-a-nuclear-fusion-pilot-plant.
Further reading
- ((National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)) (2021), Bringing Fusion to the U.S. Grid, The National Academies Press, doi:10.17226/25991, ISBN 978-0-309-68538-2
External links
- Validated Design & Evaluation of Fusion Wall Components Initiative, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Fusion and Fission Energy and Science Directorate
- Compact fusion pilot plant, General Atomics
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