Fusion: Mainline Approaches – Fusion 4 Freedom

On the power and size of tokamak fusion pilot plants and reactors

May 9, 2016March 28, 2015 by

A.E. Costley, J. Hugill and P.F. Buxton © 2015 IAEA, Vienna Received 14 July 2014, accepted for publication 14 November 2015 Published 28 January 2015 Contents Abstract Introduction System code Dependence of Qfus on plasma and device parameters Impact of beta-independent scaling Implications for the design of pilot plants and reactors Summary and conclusions Abstract … Read moreOn the power and size of tokamak fusion pilot plants and reactors

Nuclear Fusion Power

May 9, 2016February 2, 2015 by

World Nuclear Association (Updated October 2014) Fusion power offers the prospect of an almost inexhaustible source of energy for future generations, but it also presents so far insurmountable scientific and engineering challenges. The main hope is centred on tokamak reactors which confine a deuterium-tritium plasma magnetically. Today, many countries take part in fusion research to … Read moreNuclear Fusion Power

Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act of 1980 (MFEEA)

January 6, 2016October 21, 2014 by

Notes and Comment On October 12, 1980, President Carter signed into law the “Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act of 1980.” The act was based on House and Senate Bills sponsored by Rep. M. McCormack (DWash.) and Sen. P. Tsongas (D-Mass.), which had passed both houses of Congress with very strong bipartisan support and presumably represents … Read moreMagnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act of 1980 (MFEEA)