Until the end of this year, scientists of the Kurchatov Institute promised to assemble a hybrid reactor, combining the principles of thermonuclear and nuclear energy, TASS reports.
Hybrid Tokamak is now called the T-15MD. This is a great setting, at the end of the year, we have to collect it on the site of the old T-15 in this building (Kurchatov Institute). We discussed the, build a new one on its foundation, said the head of the Kurchatov complex fusion energy and plasma technologies Peter Hvostenko.
He also said, What's on 2020 year scheduled physical start a new installation ".
The Institute told, that "hybrid reactor combines the principles of thermonuclear and nuclear energy, and unlike nuclear reactor, It will run on thorium ", which is cheaper raw uranium.
Experts also noted the, that "unlike fusion reactor, in hybrid does not need extremely high temperatures to generate energy ".
The newspaper recalls, that Russia, EU countries, China and the US are building in France International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), in which basis - Tokamak. It is considered the most promising device for controlled thermonuclear fusion. The aim of the project is to demonstrate, fusion energy that can be used on an industrial scale.
Russian organizations are responsible for the production of 25 systems. The first plasma in the ITER plan to get 2025 year.
