Guest post by Robert L. Hirsch, Ph.D. Senior Energy Advisor, Management Information Services, Inc.
Imagine you’re an electric utility executive with a strong background in a range of electric power generation technologies. As such, you understand the strengths and weaknesses of the various options, and you have some “scars” from dealing with the challenges associated with nuclear power. Like many in your industry, you hope for a new electric generation technology that will make life better for your company and your customers. Hope springs eternal!
Let’s assume that you’ve not paid much attention to fusion energy research and want to update your knowledge. You Google “fusion research” and start with an article in Issues in Science and Technology, a publication of the prestigious U.S. National Academies. The title of the article is “Fusion Research – Time to Set a New Path” by Dr. Robert L. Hirsch, an old hand in a number of energy technologies, who once headed the U.S. federal fusion research program and later served as a Vice President of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), an organization with a very high standing in the industry.
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