Abstract

Recent assessments of the strategic prospects of the nuclear energy industry tend to show a somewhat condescending attitude towards fusion, which, regretfully, has grounds given the current state of affairs in nuclear science. However, the analysis of the problems and the potentialities of the fusion of light nuclei and fission of heavy nuclei suggests that a full-scale development of each of the two nuclear technologies inevitably involves the need to overcome some formidable technological, materials science, environmental, and economic problems, some of which may put the feasibility of pursuing these nuclear energy programs at question. At the same time, the physical features of the fission and fusion processes objectively suggest that it may be reasonable to combine the two nuclear technologies within a joint nuclear energy system to enable a greater synergetic effect. This apparently would markedly lessen the problems attendant upon the application of each of the discussed technologies in the course of the full-scale development of nuclear energy.

中文翻译：

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关于核能工业未来的一些思考

摘要

最近对核能工业战略前景的评估往往显示出对聚变的态度屈从于屈从，令人遗憾的是，有了核聚变的理由，核定了核科学的当前状况。但是，对轻核聚变和重核裂变的问题和潜力的分析表明，两种核技术中的每一种的全面发展都不可避免地需要克服一些强大的技术，材料科学，环境，和经济问题，其中一些问题可能会导致推行这些核能计划的可行性受到质疑。同时，裂变和聚变过程的物理特征客观地表明，将两种核技术结合在一个联合核能系统中以实现更大的协同效应可能是合理的。显然，这将明显减轻在核能的全面发展过程中应用每种讨论的技术带来的问题。