Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka Fusion Institute
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency site, having information about Fusion research in Japan, and Japan’s contributions to ITER
International Fusion
Nuclear fusion: an answer to China’s energy problems?
China Dialog Olivia Boyd 12.2.2013 China could lead the way to a clean and boundless energy supply – if it can ever be made to work. Scientist Steven Cowley talks to chinadialogue. A nuclear fusion display in the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Fusion could one day meet 25% of the world’s energy needs, says … Read more
A preliminary conceptual design study of blanket for Korean DEMO Reactor (K-DEMO)
Published at IEEE Xplore By Lee, Y.S. ; Fusion Eng. Center, Nat. Fusion Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea ; Baek, S. ; Im, K. ; Yeom, J.H. A preliminary conceptual design study for Korean DEMO Reactor (K-DEMO) as an activity for Korean Fusion Energy Development Promotion Law (FEDPL) enacted in 2007 was started. A solid-type … Read more
Korea aims at completing a DEMO by 2037
iter newsline 04 Feb, 2013 Korea’s projected K-DEMO: a tokamak with a 6.65-metre major radius (as compared to ITER’s 6.21 metres), a peak TF field of ~16 Tesla, and a TF field at plasma centre of ~7.6 Tesla. Harnessing fusion energy in the 21st century is a lot like going to the Moon in the … Read more
South Korea makes billion-dollar bet on fusion power
Nature.com Jan. 21, 2013 Reactor to be built in 2030s represents a step towards commercial use. The K-STAR nuclear fusion reactor, in Daejeon, South Korea, will be succeeded by a larger, more ambitious project. South Korea has embarked on the development of a preliminary concept design for a fusion power demonstration reactor in collaboration with … Read more
PPPL teams with South Korea on the forerunner of a commercial fusion power station
PPPL By John Greenwald December 21, 2012 (Photo by Courtesy of South Korea’s National Fusion Research Institute.) Schematic sketch of the proposed K-DEMO fusion facility. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has joined forces with researchers in South Korea to develop a pre-conceptual design for a pioneering fusion facility in that … Read more
Report on Technical Feasibility of Fusion Energy to the Special Committee for the ITER Project
March 8, ASDEX Upgrade Seminar M. Kikuchi Former member of subcommittee for Fusion Development Strategy under Fusion Council Charge to Subcommittee for Fusion Development Strategy (3) Technical feasibility of the fusion energy (4) Extension of the program and basic supporting research For topic (3) above, the Special Committee additionally requested an evaluation of the feasibility … Read more
And Energy for All
Weizmann Wonder Wander 2005 Prof. Yitzhak Maron. Clean energy An ancient Greek myth relates that Prometheus, son of gods, stole fire from the heavens and gave it to the people on Earth. This gift and all its many applications catapulted humankind from a harsh, primitive existence toward civilization. Today, scientists in many parts of the … Read more