A Fusion Power Plant

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A Fusion Power Plant

• to be built in the United States

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Why Fusion Energyfrom the Public Perspective

• Climate change
• Massive evoltion of electricity demand
• demographics
• applications
• Who is our enemy?
• Who will pay?

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Proving Fusion Works

• A small-scale tokamak-based Power Plant (SSTPP)

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SWISS-AMERICANFUSION ENERGY CORPORATION-
SAFEC -
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SAFEC
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• SAFEC

• SAFE
• CLEAN
• ECOLOGIC
• ECONOMIC

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GOALS

• Determine economics
• Determine staffing needs and organization

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GOALS

• Determine economics
• Determine staffing needs and organization
• Determine materials lifetimes and maintenance
• Determine limiting factors or bottlenecks
• Run long pulses (hours to weeks)

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GOALS

• Demonstrate net electricity generation
• Demonstrate adequate plasma heating and control
  of distortions
• Demonstrate structural integrity
• Demonstrate safe tritium breeding and handling
• Demonstrate superconducting magnetics
• Demonstrate divertor performance
• Demonstrate feed and ash removal

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DESIRED LOCATION

• Near or on an established fission power plant
• Near an academic center
• Near an urban cultural center
• Has established nuclear handling capabilities
• Has experienced laboratory and technical
  competencies
• Has access to supercomputer facilities
• Has adequate road access and sufficient land

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Funding

• No cost to site owner (indeed the reverse)
• No DOE or other national government funding
• No conventional venture capital
• No corporate investors
• Wealthy Philanthopy has not worked

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Funding

• No cost to site owner (indeed the reverse)
• No DOE or other national government funding
• No conventional venture capital
• No corporate investors
• Wealthy Philanthopy has not worked
• Equity Crowd Sourcing Low-level Philanthropy

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Funding Mechanics

• Fusion Advocates DHP SAFEC
• Both Swiss-based entities
• American and Swiss management and technologies
• Large number of US technology leaders anticipated
• Possible Swiss or US site for initial facility

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Funding Mechanics

• Fusion Advocates DHP SAFEC
• FA promotes fusion to the general and lay public
• FA collects donations for fusion promotion
  expenses
• FA is the public face of SAFEC

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Funding Mechanics

• Fusion Advocates DHP SAFEC
• DHP sells shares in SAFEC
• Company has database of over 3.5 million
  high-risk investors
• Legal experience in international company
  formation
• Experienced in helping manage international
  startups

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Sources of Personnel

• US National Laboratories
• US Fusion-oriented universities
• US Based fusion-oriented companies
• European institutions and universities
• Word-of-mouth
• Worldwide advertising

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Timing

• Initial Planning Sessions
• 3 x 4 days over first two months
• Purposes
• - basic machine design (size, many other
  parameters)
• - scheduling, including CPM/PERT
• - personnel requirements, with timings
• - identification of potential general contractors
  and component suppliers to be contacted
• - financial planning
• - administrative planning

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Staffing and Employment

• Administrative full-time employees
• Construction workers full time some probably
  sub-contracted
• Technicians mostly half-time employees
• Scientists and Engineers initially half-time
  employees (some full-time, partly off-site)
• Department heads initially as consultants paid
  on a daily basis

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Ideal Sites Exist

• In Switzerland
• Owned by university
• Meets all of the criteria listed above
• Affiliation with Swiss universities means access
  to
• Erasmus and other EU initiatives and fusion
  centers
• TCV, CRPP and other science and technology
  centers
• various academic departments
• Nuclear engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Materials sciences
• Architecture
• Numerous technical and IGO libraries
• Alumni networks
• Students

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Ideal Sites Exist

• In the United States
• Bates Laboratory - Owned by MIT
• Meets all of the criteria listed above
• Affiliation with MIT means access to
• PSFC, Alcator experience, LNS
• various academic departments
• Nuclear engineering
• Electrical engineering
• Materials sciences
• Architecture
• Sloan school of Industrial Management
• Hayden and other Libraries
• Alumni network
• Students