Compact fusion reactors for carbon free combined heat and power generation

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Title
Compact fusion reactors for carbon free combined heat and power generation
CoPED ID
c24ed069-a504-469c-b26d-2a34e5c46672
Status
Closed
Funders
Innovate UK
Innovate UK
Value
£389,800
Start Date
April 30, 2020
End Date
Aug. 30, 2021
Description

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Crossfield Fusion Ltd is developing a novel compact fusion reactor targeting carbon free heat and power generation.

Our vision is to manufacture compact fusion reactors the size of a small shipping containers that can be mass produced in factories. The company's fusion reactor technology is expected to scale up to about 1MWe of electrical output or 2-3MWt of heat. Thus, it is dramatically different in size and output to Tokomak Fusion reactors which promise to deliver 100's-1000's of MWs thus entirely complementary in application. They are also complementary to the small modular reactor program (SMR and AMR) and nuclear power in general as these are again higher output reactors and are physically much larger than those projected by the company.

This is an exciting prospect for the future and when developed will positively impact climate change via carbon free district heating and power, carbon free electric vehicle charging and carbon free marine power plants.

Prior to achieving these end goals the company will be exploiting the technology commercially as high output compact neutron sources for use in radiotherapy, medical isotope production and material testing applications.

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Subjects by relevance
  1. Reactors
  2. Nuclear reactors
  3. Climate changes
  4. Technology companies
  5. Nuclear fusion
  6. Nuclear power plants
  7. Nuclear physics
  8. Emissions
  9. Isotopes

Extracted key phrases
  1. Novel compact fusion reactor
  2. Carbon free marine power plant
  3. Fusion reactor technology
  4. High output compact neutron source
  5. Carbon free heat
  6. Carbon free electric vehicle charging
  7. High output reactor
  8. Carbon free district heating
  9. Small modular reactor program
  10. Tokomak Fusion reactor
  11. Power generation
  12. Nuclear power
  13. Crossfield Fusion Ltd
  14. Electrical output
  15. Small shipping container

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