The ARIES report says: “The long-term benefits of reduced waste-disposal requirements because of the use of low-activation materials was not reflected directly in the ARIES costing, other than to use a relatively low D&D charge.”
This is DOE jargon for “We have not considered long-term environmental issues and leave them to future generations to cope with.” My words. The same mentality was the basis for ignoring effective long term management of high-level radioactive waste and eventually resulted in expensive deep geologic repositories for fission reactor D&D as a remedy. Consistent with the “leave it to future generations” excuse. political issues were not effectively taken into consideration and the cost for the repository option poorly, poorly considered. AND THE SAGA CONTINUES. Bob Cook ________________________________ From: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2019 11:05:46 AM To: Vortex Subject: Re: [Vo]:First Light Fusion Fraud Here is an analysis comparing conventional fission and proposed tokamak fusion reactors, published by Los Alamos: https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/KrakowskiRlessonslea.pdf Abstract Lessons from the four-year ARIES (Advanced Reactor Innovation and Evaluation Study) investigation of four magnetic-fusion-energy (MFE) power-plant embodiments of the tokamak are summarized. These lessons are derived from the physics; engineering and technology; economics; and environmental, safety, and health (ES&H) characteristics of these conceptual tokamak power-plant designs. This summary of ARIES lessons is intended to provide a general indicator of the requirements of economically and environmentally attractive fusion power. The integration of fundamental tokamak physics with conceptual engineering models through a cost-based systems methodology has been especially thorough in ARIES. The resulting quantitative tradeoffs among tokamak plasma physics, plasma engineering, and a wide range of supporting reactor engineering disciplines, and the enhanced interdisciplinary understanding of the impact of constraints leading to optimal tokamak reactors are major contributions of the ARIES Project. . . .
