ARTICLE THREE
“Thermonuclear Fusion Energy:
A ‘Green’ Fuel”
By definition, thermonuclear fusion energy may be considered a “green fuel" because it is
self-sustaining once ignition takes place and is self-sustainable due to both the fuel components and the unique features
of the technological design supporting that inherent sustainability.
The fuel components
of thermonuclear fusion energy come from heavy water or ordinary sea water that may be found within the proscribed statute
of "green design" of 50 miles from the point of the powerplant in the U.S.A. , and more importantly, do not
involve the use of any fossil fuels, therefore it does not pollute with toxic contaminates such as particulate matter, heavy
metals, CO2, greenhouse gases: SOX, NOX, methane, or PCBs, CFCs.
This is especially good news because other althernative "green fuels" such as hydrogen separated
currently from hydrocarbon molecules of natural gas or petroleum oil are not sustainable because petroleum and natural gas
are both fossil fuels and therfore have a bounded and limited quantity in the Earth’s crust.
Moreover, after the hydrogen is separated from the hydrocarbon
molecules of the petroleum oil or natural gas, there is a still a waste toxic particulate residue that must be disposed of
containing highly toxic contaminants.
Conversely, hydrogen derived from heavy water
or ordinary sea water is very pure, plentiful and abundantly renewable as the
Earth’s surface is cover by water 70% and is, therefore sustainable. Every molecule of water is composed of 1O and 2H.
The naturally-occurring isotopes of hydrogen found in every molecule of water are among the elemental components of the gas
mixture used in thermonuclear fusion energy.
Under optimum operating temperature and pressure
conditions, these fuel components, in a gas mixture, bcome a plasma (4th state of matter) and serve as the
fuel blanket whrein the thermonuclear fusion energy reactions take place without cease.
After the gas mixture becomes a plasma the
next stage for the plasma fuel blanket is to reach "ignition" and a slef-sustaining burning plasma. This is the
condition by which the fuel blanket becomes "sustainable" while permitting constant and continuous thermonuclear
fusion energy reactions.
Because there are no fossil fuels used in any phase of thermonuclear fusion energy, it cannot
produce and thereby pollute our precious natural resources with PCBs or CFCs, heavy metals, toxic particular matter that cause
birth defects, contribute to human activity's carbon footprint, contribute to CO2, NOX or SOX or methane gas contamination of the air, water, agriculture-grazing soil, deepwater sediment, and
which are responsibile for deep ocean species and rock formaton desruction.
Proceeding with continous constant burn under optimum conditions the plasma fuel blanket is both self-sustaining
and sustainable. Highly-trained and educated plasma physicists will be in attendance to execute one of the many
unique functions of the powerplant technology: siphoning off excess heat from the burning plasma fuel blanket for the purpose
of turning the turbine generators that produce reliable baseloading clean "green" primary commercial electricity.
The plasma physicists will also maintain the fuel mix at optimum conditions by a second very
unique design feature. This feature involves the closed-loop cycle of fuel component removal-purification-reintegration
for re-use in the reactor chamber located directly adjacent to the purification function room.
This unique technological feature found only in thermonuclear fusion energy allows immediate
onsite in-place re-purification and re-entry implementation of fuel components not requiring any transport off-site or waste
burial issues. Fursion energy fuel components can never be used as weapons and therefore pose no threat to homeland
security from terrorists.
The aim of the U.S. Fusion Energy R&D
Program has been to incorporate materials into the engineered design such that each powerplant will be a solid-state
machine capable of 100 years or more of continuous service. When a thermonuclear fusion energy powerlant is
finally decommissioned after 100 years or more, only the reactor materials that have been exposed to Low Level "C" waste
in addition to the concrete on which the chamber was mounted will be in need of shallow contained burial. This is good
news as it solves waste-burial issues with High Level "A" waste from our present thermonuclear fission powerplant
technology.
In this regard, as a self-sustaining and sustainble non-polluting, non-contaminating technology,
thermonuclear fusion energy may be considered a renewable, sustainable or "clean - green fuel" when online while
capable of producing 5 - 6 times the megawattage presently produced by our largest thermonuclear fission reactors for 4
- 5 times longer period of in-service, decommissioning occurring only once in 100 years at the minimum, with extensions possible.
When online, these unique thermonuclear fusion energy technology design features will finally free
America of foregin petroleum oil and gas, future economic recessions due to the sudden upward price bidding and competitive
dwindling of world oil and gas commodity availability.
Moreover, because the fuel and power plant materials will be designed and specified, sited,
planned, manufactured and constructed here at home, domestically, American citizens will be employed throughout the process.
America will finally achieve a state of being energy secure, while at long last creating new jobs for the "green
economy".
With thermonucelar fusion energy technology online for commercial
electricity generation, Americans will finally be able to achieve a steady-state equilibrium economy for more predictable
fuel costs for home and business space conditioning and transportation, leaving each family more disposable income
for their family's other needs, including re-building their savings accounts.
Predictable reduced fuel costs will give America's
working family's a measure of having more economic security and will enable them to save, increasing America's prosperity
and reducing America's national debt of $700 - 800BB for imported oil and gas annually, as well as reducing the need for foreign
states to buy America's energy debts.
As the "green economy" embraces a platform of thermonuclear fusion
energy powerplant technology to underpin our fast-track high-demand energy needs, See Vollume III) America will be able to achieve homeland security because Her sons and daughters will not be called upon to fight
the predicted needless wars on foreign shores over the dwindling supplies of oil and gas. Whatever oil and gas needed
to fuel the American economy will come from within her own territorties, presently known and being explored.
If you are moved by the many advantages of bringing thermonulcear
fusion energy online and want to know what you can do to help hasten the clean-green,, sustainable fusion energy economy,
write to your elected U.S. Congressional representatives by clicking on this link: Write your Representatives. See
Your Representatives for the names and contact informaton to fill in the sample letter provided.
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In Article Four, you will learn how thermonuclear fusion energy technology is especially unique in its
ability to generate not only 5 - 6 times more electricity per powerplant but also produce other “green fuels”
and “alternative fuels” as by-products that can aide in environmental clean-up and environmental restoration
while providing the U.S.A. with ~87% of its fast-track energy demands.
Article Two
Article Four
Author: Diane A. Davis, M.S., Ph.D. Cand., Founder and CEO
The International Institute For Thermonuclear Fusion Energy Education, R&D, Regulation, Technology and Public Policy, Inc.
Filed and registered at U.S. Library of Congress Office of Copyrights Protection. All copyrights domestic and international
claimed by author, Diane A. Davis
