The 18 year alternative: A business proposal to develop commercial fusion energy by 2021: The fusion power corporation

This policy essay asserts that the “35 year” plan recently adopted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee is too risk averse and too costly. An alternative “18 year” schedule is proposed. All dollar amounts shown below are undiscounted, and are only intende...

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Published inJournal of fusion energy Vol. 21; no. 2; pp. 117 - 120
Main Author GOODMAN, G. E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Heidelberg Springer 01.06.2002
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Applied sciences
Controled nuclear fusion plants
Cost estimates
Electricity
Electricity distribution
Energy
Energy industry
Energy. Thermal use of fuels
Exact sciences and technology
Fusion
Installations for energy generation and conversion: thermal and electrical energy
United States > US
R and D program
Nuclear fusion reactor
Nuclear energy
Industrial application
Marketing
Nuclear reactor
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Summary:This policy essay asserts that the “35 year” plan recently adopted by the U.S. Department of Energy's Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee is too risk averse and too costly. An alternative “18 year” schedule is proposed. All dollar amounts shown below are undiscounted, and are only intended to be indicative of approximate future costs.
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ISSN:0164-0313
1572-9591
DOI:10.1023/A:1025042103096