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The path to fusion power

Author(s) -

Chris Smith,

S. C. Cowley

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

philosophical transactions of the royal society a mathematical physical and engineering sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074

H-Index - 169

eISSN - 1471-2962

pISSN - 1364-503X

DOI - 10.1098/rsta.2009.0216

Subject(s) - fusion , joint european torus , key (lock) , path (computing) , work (physics) , track (disk drive) , fusion power , power (physics) , computer science , joint (building) , scale (ratio) , systems engineering , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , tokamak , computer security , nuclear physics , architectural engineering , philosophy , linguistics , quantum mechanics , programming language , operating system , plasma

The promise, status and challenges of developing fusion power are outlined. The key physics and engineering principles are described and recent progress quantified. As the successful demonstration of 16 MW of fusion in 1997 in the Joint European Torus showed, fusion works. The central issue is therefore to make it work reliably and economically on the scale of a power station. We argue that to meet this challenge in 30 years we must follow the aggressive programme known as the 'Fast Track to Fusion'. This programme is described in some detail.

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