Sun in a Bottle?... Pie in the Sky!

Sun in a Bottle?... Pie in the Sky!

The Wishful Thinking of Nuclear Fusion Energy

Reinders, L. J.

Springer Nature Switzerland AG

08/2021

293

Mole

Inglês

9783030747336

15 a 20 dias

480

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Preface.- What is nuclear fusion?.- Stellar processes and quantum mechanics.- Nuclear fusion of light elements.- Plasma.- Plasma in nuclear fusion devices.- Early history and declassification.- Birth of the tokamak.- The tokamak stampede and further developments.- The Big Tokamaks: TFTR, JET, JT-60.- The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.- Problems, problems, problems....- Post-ITER: Demo and fusion power plants.- Spherical tokamaks.- Stellarators and other alternative approaches.- Privately funded research.- Criticism of the fusion enterprise.- Economics and sustainability.- Environment and safety.- Summary and final conclusion.



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Nuclear Fusion;ITER;Joint European Torus (JET);Carbon-Free Energy Generation;Climate Change;Tokamak;Fusion Energy;Plasma Physics