Nuclear Fusion

Half a Century of Magnetic Confinement Fusion Research

C.M. Braams, P.E. Stott

342 pages, parution le 07/02/2003

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Résumé

Fusion research started over half a century ago in the late 1940s. Although the task remains unfinished, the end of the road could be in sight if society makes the right decisions. This book is a careful and scholarly account of the course of research into fusion energy over these past fifty years. Here the authors outline the different paths followed by fusion research from initial ignorance to present understanding, be it the understanding why a particular scheme would not work, or why it was more profitable to concentrate, at least for the time being, on the mainstream tokamak development. In addition to descriptive sections with an in-depth explanation of certain physical and technical issues, scientific terms, abbreviations and acronyms are also explained in an extensive glossary.

With a thorough analysis of the development of the theory, engineering and political issues needed to create a viable fusion reactor Nuclear Fusion will be essential reading for those with an interest in plasma physics, from students and researchers to historians of science and energy policy makers.

Contents

The road to Geneva
Geneva 1958
Open systems
Pulsed toroidal systems and alternative lines
Stellarators versus tokamaks
The dash to tokamaks
The next generation
The era of the big tokamaks
Towards a fusion reactor

L'auteur - C.M. Braams

Kees Braams was the founder and first director of FOM Institute for Plasma Physics and professor of plasma physics at the University of Utrecht until his retirement.

L'auteur - P.E. Stott

Peter Stott earned his PhD in theoretical and experimental plasma physics working between Manchester University and the Harwell and Culham Laboratories. He joined the UK Atomic Energy Authority at Culham Laboratory in 1966 and has spent his professional career as an experimental physicist working on magnetic confinement fusion. In 1979 he joined the JET Joint Undertaking to take charge of the design and construction of the plasma diagnostics systems, and from 1982 to 1999, he was head of JET's Experimental Division 1. From 1989 to 1999, he was coordinator for the European contribution lo the design of diagnostics for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project and was a member of the international Advisory Group. He left JET in 1999 to move to the Département des Recherches sur la Fusion Contrôlée, Cadarache, France. He has published over 200 scientific papers, edited six books on plasma diagnostics, and co-authored two books on fusion energy.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Institute of Physics (IOP)
Auteur(s)	C.M. Braams, P.E. Stott
Parution	07/02/2003
Nb. de pages	342
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	719g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780750307055
ISBN13	978-0-7503-0705-5