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


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

The Wishful Thinking of Nuclear Fusion Energy

von: L. J. Reinders

32,09 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 31.07.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9783030747343
Sprache: englisch

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<p>This&nbsp;book gives an accessible overview of the 70-year history of nuclear fusion research and the vain attempts to construct an energy-generating nuclear fusion reactor.&nbsp; It shows that even in the most optimistic scenario nuclear fusion, despite&nbsp;the claims of its proponents and the billions being spent on research,&nbsp;will not be able to make a sizable contribution to the energy mix in this century.&nbsp;The important consequence is that nuclear fusion will not be a factor in combating climate change, since the race for carbon-free energy will have been won or lost&nbsp;long before the first nuclear fusion power station comes on line.<br></p> &nbsp;<p></p>
<p>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.</p>

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<p>The author has had an active career in high-energy physics, earning a PhD from Utrecht University in 1976 and working as a post-doc at various research centres in Europe and Japan until 1988, when he switched to law and legal translation. <b></b></p>
<p>This&nbsp;book gives an accessible overview of the 70-year history of nuclear fusion research and the vain attempts to construct an energy-generating nuclear fusion reactor.&nbsp; It shows that even in the most optimistic scenario nuclear fusion, despite&nbsp;the claims of its proponents and the billions being spent on research,&nbsp;will not be able to make a sizable contribution to the energy mix in this century.&nbsp;The important consequence is that nuclear fusion will not be a factor in combating climate change, since the race for carbon-free energy will have been won or lost&nbsp;long before the first nuclear fusion power station comes on line.<br></p>

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<p>Demonstrates with facts and figures why nuclear fusion power will arrive, if at all, too late to help prevent climate change</p><p>Presents a clear and accessible overview of magnetic nuclear fusion as a potential energy-generating option</p><p>Describes the immense unsolved problems still facing nuclear fusion researchers and engineers</p>

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