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SUMMARY:Nuclear Fusion and the Hydrogen Economy - Bill Nuttall\, Judge Bus
 iness School and Department of Engineering
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CONTACT:Michael Hoffman
DESCRIPTION:Nuclear Fusion holds the promise of environmentally benign\, s
 afe and secure electricity generation for the late twenty-first century. R
 esearch towards this goal has been underway for fifty years and the goal o
 f commercial electricity generation still lies at least forty years away. 
 Dr Nuttall’s presentation extends a suggestion first advanced by General
  Atomics of San Diego\, California that the first commercial use of fusion
  energy might not be for electricity\, but rather to produce hydrogen as a
 n energy carrier in a future transport economy. Together with colleagues D
 r Nuttall has developed an outline concept known as “Fusion Island” fr
 om which the hydrogen produced is not only a commercial replacement for pe
 troleum-based vehicle fuels but also\, as liquid hydrogen in the 15k-20K\,
  range could be a cryogenic coolant for new superconducting coils. Such co
 ils could make possible fusion reactors in most respects simpler and easie
 r to operate commercially than those currently proposed for electricity ge
 neration. Dr Nuttall will describe the Fusion Island proposal and recent d
 evelopments in the project. The Fusion Island concept won a runners’-up 
 Innovation Award in 2006 from the East of England Energy Group. 
LOCATION:Boys Smith Room\, Fisher Building\, St Johns College
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