Nuclear energy - the energy of the future : hybrid fusion reactor

Abstract

The given research reveals global energy challenges, their relationship to environmental health, ecological safety, and human growth in general, and attempts to reconsider the current policy. The study poses the question of whether any alternative methods of receiving energy could be created, thus establishing a whole new energy supply structure. The subject of this study represents the alternative way for a nuclear energy system that can be implemented now and become the primary energy source in the nearest future.

The thesis was conducted as a literature study. After analysis of energy policy agenda, that calls to change the path from exhaustible-based energy system to the alternatives. The research and estimation of all currently used energy options have been driven, with nuclear and thermonuclear realms emerging as the most promising. Nuclear fission has been investigated as a viable energy source of the 21st century, compared with the existing ones. Due to technical challenges, an investigation of thermonuclear reactions was performed and determined to be the most optimal, but only in the long term. As a result of the study and comparison of the current energy scenario, the nuclear-thermonuclear reactors combination – Hybrid Fusion Reactor – was chosen. Hybrid Fusion Reactor possesses the advantages of fission and fusion reactors while getting rid of the disadvantages of each one. Thereby, it is the most efficient alternative way for energy production.