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Following grant through KALENCON, Ananto to see first large scale fusion plant
Plants to replace local reactors and power entire Duchy
Bozo River Fusion Center, Ananto
January 10, 5199


New Larger Scale Z-Pinch Fusion Reactor at BRFC to come online in May

For just over one hundred years, Kalistan has relied upon clean inexpensive fusion reactors to light and heat our homes. These mini-reactors, each supplying about 2.8 Gigawatts of power built primarily near the Ocean due to fuel requirements, have allowed the nation to wean itself off of fossil fuel. As new demands for electricity develop, including the slow but steady switch to electric automobiles, the replacement of natural gas heating units with electric ones, and a population whose zones of living tend to be growing horizontally rather than vertically, the demands on the century old infrastructure have been increasing, while new infrastructure seems to be built on a case by case need.

KALENCON now oversees more than 40 of these small scale Fusion Reactors across the country. As these age, they also become more expensive to maintain, and are only replaced on a one for one basis when maintenance cost outstrips the cost of a purchase of a new reactor. To this end, engineers with the National Energy Company have decided that it is time to begin building higher capacity reactors which can light tens of millions of homes from a single reactor.

"We envision replacing the relatively lower yield local power generators with new higher capacity ones," said KALENCON's spokeswoman Dianna Marie. "Building Three new High Yield reactors, each of which produce 15 gigawatts per Duchy will save millions in maintenance costs a year, and will return the cost of provision of electric to the nominal fee that people paid when we originally began the project more than 100 years ago."

Having an abundance of power will further facilitate people living a good life in the Empire. "Our biggest complaint," said Vernon Lorre of Kaliburg, "is that we are always having to ration what we use. If we want to charge the car we have to turn off the lights. If we want to run a refrigerator and an air conditioner and a computer, it feels like during peak hours, we have to pick one to shut off while we do the others. More energy allotment per family will certainly be a real benefit."

The larger scale reactors will begin coming on line in May of this year in Ananto, Suldanor and Vrassa, and the oldest small scale reactors will be decommissioned starting in June. "KALENCON has gotten a grant from the new Minister of Science and Technology to begin this phase in of updated technology," said Marie, "equaling more than K15 Billion, and that money is already being spent to get this project moving. We expect the new reactors to be completed by June of 5201, and the older reactors completely decommissioned in a rolling schedule over the next ten years, depending on unmet needs and such. This is such an excellent opportunity for Kalistan, and the people who we serve will truly benefit from the forward thinking of this new administration."