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

The Wishful Thinking of Nuclear Fusion Energy

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

This 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-08-01
Mått:155 x 235 x 23 mm
Vikt:486 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:293
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030747336

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

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.