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Title: Fusion: A necessary component of US energy policy

Abstract

US energy policy must ensure that its security, its economy, or its world leadership in technology development are not compromised by failure to meet the nation's electrical energy needs. Increased concerns over the greenhouse effect from fossil-fuel combustion mean that US energy policy must consider how electrical energy dependence on oil and coal can be lessened by conservation, renewable energy sources, and advanced energy options (nuclear fission, solar energy, and thermonuclear fusion). In determining how US energy policy is to respond to these issues, it will be necessary to consider what role each of the three advanced energy options might play, and to determine how these options can complement one another. This paper reviews and comments on the principal US studies and legislation that have addressed fusion since 1980, and then suggests a research, development, and demonstration program that is consistent with the conclusions of those prior authorities and that will allow us to determine how fusion technology can fit into a US energy policy that takes a balanced, long term view of US needs. 17 refs.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6451703
Report Number(s):
UCRL-100194; CONF-890182-1
ON: DE89006234; TRN: 89-008024
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: McGraw-Hill nuclear publication's forum on US energy policy and nuclear option, Washington, DC, USA, 31 Jan 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; LEGISLATION; REVIEWS; THERMONUCLEAR FUELS; ENERGY POLICY; BUDGETS; COMPACT IGNITION TOKAMAK; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; TFTR TOKAMAK; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; CLOSED PLASMA DEVICES; DOCUMENT TYPES; FUELS; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; THERMONUCLEAR DEVICES; TOKAMAK DEVICES; TOKAMAK TYPE REACTORS; 700000* - Fusion Energy; 290000 - Energy Planning & Policy

Citation Formats

Correll, Jr, D L. Fusion: A necessary component of US energy policy. United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
Correll, Jr, D L. Fusion: A necessary component of US energy policy. United States.
Correll, Jr, D L. 1989. "Fusion: A necessary component of US energy policy". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6451703.
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abstractNote = {US energy policy must ensure that its security, its economy, or its world leadership in technology development are not compromised by failure to meet the nation's electrical energy needs. Increased concerns over the greenhouse effect from fossil-fuel combustion mean that US energy policy must consider how electrical energy dependence on oil and coal can be lessened by conservation, renewable energy sources, and advanced energy options (nuclear fission, solar energy, and thermonuclear fusion). In determining how US energy policy is to respond to these issues, it will be necessary to consider what role each of the three advanced energy options might play, and to determine how these options can complement one another. This paper reviews and comments on the principal US studies and legislation that have addressed fusion since 1980, and then suggests a research, development, and demonstration program that is consistent with the conclusions of those prior authorities and that will allow us to determine how fusion technology can fit into a US energy policy that takes a balanced, long term view of US needs. 17 refs.},
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