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Nuclear Tanker Producing Liquid Fuels From Air and Water: Applicable Technology for Land-Based Future Production of Commercial Liquid Fuels
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Energy and Sustainability Program, 2011-06-01)
Emerging technologies in CO[subscript 2] air capture, high temperature electrolysis, microchannel
catalytic conversion, and Generation IV reactor plant systems have the potential to create
a shipboard liquid fuel production ...
Nuclear Energy for Variable Electricity and Liquid Fuels Production: Integrating Nuclear with Renewables, Fossil Fuels, and Biomass for a Low- Carbon World
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Energy and Sustainability Program, 2011-09)
The world faces two energy challenges: (1) the national security and economic challenge of
dependence on foreign oil and (2) the need to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the burning
of fossil fuels to avoid climate ...
Nuclear-Renewables Energy System for Hydrogen and Electricity Production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Energy and Sustainability Program, 2011-06-01)
Climate change concerns and expensive oil call for a different mix of energy technologies.
Nuclear and renewables attract attention because of their ability to produce electricity
while cutting carbon emissions. However ...
Conceptual Design of Nuclear-Geothermal Energy Storage Systems for Variable Electricity Production
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems. Nuclear Energy and Sustainability Program, 2011-06)
Nuclear plants have high capital costs and low operating costs that favor base-load
operation. This characteristic of nuclear power has been a critical constraint that limits
the portion of nuclear power plants in a grid ...