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The Energy Amplifier (EA) is the result of a "cross-fertilisation"
between the technology of modern accelerators, as for instance pursued
at CERN and the one of Nuclear Power
and in particular the development of fast neutron breeders and of the
fuel reprocessing (MOX). In contrast with an ordinary reactor, in the
EA energy in form of heat is produced as the result of nuclear
cascades, rather than of a self supported chain reaction. Nuclear
cascades are initiated by relativistic protons produced by a small but
efficient accelerator. Like in the case of Fusion the produced power
is directly proportional to the intensity of such an injected beam,
which is intrinsically limited by the structure of the accelerator.
The basic physics and the conceptual design of the EA are
comprehensively illustrated in the paper CERN/AT/95-44 (ET). The
underlying physical principles of "Energy Amplification" have been
demonstrated in a recent experiment performed at CERN.
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