A. Iiyoshi, N. Kobayashi, T. Mutoh, S. Nakatani, S. Okada, M. Sato, H. Takano, Y. Tanahashi, N. Yamamoto, A. Fujita, Y. Kino
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Abstract
Abstract 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.
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Fusion Science and Technology, a research journal of the American Nuclear Society, publishes original research and review papers on fusion plasma physics and plasma engineering, fusion nuclear technology and materials science, fusion plasma enabling science technology, fusion applications, and fusion design and systems studies.