Here for comparison is submitted the translation of article from the russian magazine
"the Science and life" 7 2002. In given below the journal's article is described the
project so-called "the Boiler of explosive combustion". It is supposed to blow up small
thermonuclear bombs in the gigantic hermetically made container. This device certainly
will allow to receive controlled nuclear synthesis with an absolute guarantee. But the
cost of this power installation will be considerable - it is necessary to do a big
foundation ditch to build a steel tank of the huge sizes and thickness etc. As well as
at all traditional installations for the decision of problem controlled nuclear
synthesis, be whether it the TOKAMAK's, the laser synthesis or the accelerators on
counter beams etc., the specified installation does not differ by compactness and she is
not suitable to transportation. Therefore the majority of experts consider this device as
an extreme measure for that case, if not it will be possible to solve problem of the
controlled nuclear synthesis in other ways. The article also contains the interesting
information on exhaustion of traditional kinds of energy carriers, such the information
in the text are denoted by a color marker. |
Deuterium - an isotope of hydrogen with one superfluous neutron in a nucleus - non-polluting, cheap and accessible in unlimited quantities the fuel as it can is separated from usual water. In one ton of water his is so many, what he can replace 250 tons of petroleum. Accordingly and attention to him increased. However as yet, the truth, only in the scientific community. For example, scientists from the Russian federal nuclear centre - the All-Russia scientific research institute of technical physics (RFNC - ASRITP) of city of Snezhinsk (earlier: Chelyabinsk - 70) offer to blow up small thermonuclear bombs. They have persuasion, what thus it is possible to rescue the world from power famine and ecological accident, and the country - from poverty. The Russian armourers once have already rescued the world from the third world war, having created the strategic nuclear and thermonuclear weapon. What they can offer to XXI century? |
The atomic scientists from the Snezhinsk town are ready to design and construct
the electric power installation with the explosive deuterium power (EDP)
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"the boiler of explosive
combustion"
(BEC). It is such cask from reinforced concrete, with diameter near 150 and height of
200 meters, thickness of a wall - 35 meters. Inside she is coated with 20-centimetric steel, and from
above she will is covered a soil with thickness more than of hundred meters. In this device, which
name as the project BEC10. inside a protective layer of liquid sodium with the help of explosions
deuterium by power up to 10 kiloton in trinitrotoluol equivalent it is possible to receive each half
an hour 37 gigawatt thermal energy that is equivalent to 25 million tons of a petroleum equivalent per one year.
By the way, explosive technologies for mankind no in wonder. We move the automobiles, inside which every second
there are tens the explosions creating pressure much greater, than in BEC. Powerful explosions for the peace purposes
too not news. Development of the concept of the explosive deuterium power was preceded the creation by experts RFNC -
ASRITP (Russian Federal Nuclear Centre - All-Russian the scientific-research Institute of Technical Physics) under
the direction of academicians E.I. Zababahin, E.N. Avrorin and B.V. Litvinov of the "pure" deuterium charges. After all
the scientific and technical potential of institute was initially directed not only for creation of the weapon.
For industrial using, for example, were invented one and a half tens types of the nuclear warheads, nine of which
were repeatedly used for acoustic measurements and suppressions of gas fires, for burial places of the toxic products
and prevention of explosions of methane in collieries, for many other projects.
"Daylighting" and "tillages" of minerals
have demanded creation of nuclear charges the even with greater cleanliness with smaller quantity of the radioactive
splinters (and they were created), than it is required for work BEC. The majority of co-authors of the concept of the
BEC participated in these works and certainly they remember "the details, in which hide the devil". My interlocutor
in 1983 has received the State premium from the "diagnostics of thermonuclear burning". About ideas of nuclear explosive
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he has learned in the beginning of 60th years from foreign publications, though in the USSR the specialists say from
the end 40. At that time I no very pay attention to this idea because be strong propaganda "of the future successes"
in controlled thermonuclear synthesis (CNS), breeder power, and of the "inexhaustible reserves of petroleum". Illusions
disappeared in that order to the beginning 70, 80, 90
th years. At last his first publication, in which weaved from the
doubts, be approved, and in 1993 she was issued. Tells the GENNADY ALEKSEEVICH IVANOV the doctor of physical and
mathematical sciences the project manager of the creation of the BEC-power station. |
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So can be the image of the boiler of explosive combustion. The steel vessel (1)
contains some tens thousand tons of the heat-carrier - liquid sodium (2). Nuclear
device (3) assemble from separate components and omit at the chamber of the explode
reactor by means of the channel of delivery (4). After nuclear explosion hot liquid
sodium go in the heat exchanger (5) where he make water pairs with a high pressure.
Pairs rotates the turbine (6), connected to the electric generator. For fission fragments
(about one ton per year) is equipped the burial ground (7): "unburned" fuel
(uranium, plutonium) and products of reaction (helium - 3, tritium) directed to
processing.
for it the energy of nuclear explosion. Can be, somebody the some-time will do it,
but all the same profitability micro-BEC, most likely is the fantasy. So practical
progress in this area meanwhile is absent, anyway he be very slow, in order to replace
of the terminating reserves of the petroleum and gas.
- Experts on CNS, certainly, with you disagree?
- One of "fathers" CNS - Andrey Dmitrievich Saharov in 1977 has published article
"Nuclear power and freedom of the West", in which he appealed to the West with
recommendation of return to practice of the thermonuclear explosions
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"to not get in humiliating dependence on hydrocarbonic fuel of the USSR". Such position
he proves by the slow progress at the area of CNS and at the area the power engineering
of the breeder - based on work of reactors - multiplicator on fast neutrons. |
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will start to live under present standards of USA, of the petroleum will need about 10
billion tone in year, or billion tones for XXI century.
If the person will journey, fly and plough only by these standards, then for one century will necessary 400 billion tons.
But, by different estimations, in the interior of the Earth remained from 120 up to 160
billion tons of petroleum.
The any of forecasts speak, what the quantity of the oil will
enough only for the modern population with "habits" USA.
In any case for last 10 years consumption of petroleum steadily grew on 3-5 percents
annually. Where economy from high technologies? The computer began to consume less, but
the tractor pulling a plow, for a long time works near to a limit. Now of the petroleum
in the world remained from 20 up to 30
tons on each earthman together with his descendants.
When the Second world war began, her was 120 - 170 tons on the person.
If the militarians will convince of the politicians, what the "minimal military reserve" be 5 tons on the
person, then to plough the earth already there is nothing in 2015. |
him of a bomb, is doomed on death. The steal of a ready warhead too is useless: in an
hour after assemblage and refuelling it the nuclear device loses ability to blow up.
It have simple explanation. Uranus in a device irradiate by the fast neutrons. Thus
what the neutron which has punch in a nucleus of uranium - 233, with some probability
knock out from him two, forming a nucleus of uranium - 232. Uranus - 232 has a half-life
period of 70 years, therefore radio-activity of him is high. Besides from neutron
radiation of uranium it is easy to be protected: neutrons can be vastly absorbed in
water. But in products of a chain of transformations of uranium - 232 there is a thallium
- 208, which is letting out rigid gamma rays with energy 2,7 MeV. And if "fuel" of a
nuclear device at the first o'clock does not represent danger because in him still there
is no thallium, but after one week with him it is better to operate only with the help of
robots. The active stuffing of a device, produced for BEC, will be extremely dangerous to
the person after one month after manufacturing. Gradually speed of an lifelength of
thallium grows, and after some hours the material "unmasks" itself, later 24 hours he
creates problems with observance of norms of radiating safety, later one week he becomes
dangerous, and later the one month - is fatal to the collector of a device and even for
"the ammunition carrier". Thus, "we not can have envy to the terrorist" - has told Andrey
Dmitrievich Saharov still a quarter of century back concerning the installation similar
with BEC, in already mentioned article. |
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- You assert, that Russia should become fatherland for BEC: fuel for him is required a
little, chemical pollution are absent, and radioactive waste products is formed much less,
than at burning coal? |
which prohibit informing potential investors concerning date of creation BEC.
This document imply, that the state, which have of the wish to do of the appropriate nuclear tests, should prove their peace character.
V. PARAFONOVA
My note: |
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(Translation into the English language has executed A.J. Streltsov.)