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KalEnCon engineers head to North Dovani
Fusion technology the "wave of the future"
Bakinteku, North Dovani
March 30, 5369


KalEnCon's Z-Pinch Trainer arrives as North Dovani preps to scale up

Engineers from KalEnCon arrived in North Dovani to begin a three year long technology transfer program that aims to bring large scale Fusion Energy to the northern nation. Kalistan has worked with North Dovani in many instances in the past, and the Republic welcomed this new opportunity to help North Dovani both modernize its energy infrastructure, as well as promote green energy construction abroad.

"We believe that fusion is the wave of the future," said Bradley Marcus, head of the KalEnCon delegation. "While fusion has not been able to completely replace the energy that was previously created by fossil fuels in the past, fusion plays a significant role in Kalistan's green portfolio, along with solar, wind, geothermal and tidal energy produced all around the Republic. Bringing the technology to North Dovani will ideally help this country, which is in the process of modernizing in several sectors, become a leader in the creation of clean, renewable energy in Dovani."

The engineers were accompanied by the Z-Pinch Trainer reactor, which is a version of original reactor developed by KalEnCon in 5089. The Trainer holds the specs of the Z Pinch Deuterium reactor that Kalistan will use to teach North Dovani how to both build and scale the Fusion reactors that will eventually provide between 25 and 30 percent of their energy needs. "The KalEnCon team will also assist North Dovani in setting up the infrastructure necessary for separating deuterium from sea water," said Marcus. "North Dovani will still need to source Lithium to make the production sustainable. Kalistan's is sourced from tailings and geothermal energy production. But there are other international sources for lithium as well: this should have follow on benefits for North Dovani's trade relationships."

The entire project will cost North Dovani nearly 850 million Rubles to complete, and most of that cost will be deferred in terms of trade and scientific credits. "KalEnCon will be able to cover the three year stay for our engineers, as well as costs for transportation, and building the Trainer. The rest of about 675 million Rubles will be realized by the Republic in trade credits over the next 10 years," said Marcus. "North Dovani is handling construction costs of all infrastructure in country." Once the training and development aspects are complete after three years, North Dovani will then spend the next five years scaling up the Bakinteku plant.

"We are going to continue an ongoing relationship with the Plant, to ensure that the technology works well over the long term," added Marcus. "Kalistan has been using fusion technology for the last 250 years, but it has been a while since another country requested the tech. We are happy to share it, but we also have to make sure it works well--North Dovani are ultimately spending billions to build the plant, infrastructure, to train their own engineers from the ground up. We are committed to seeing this technology adopted in full."