Download or read book Report of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Burning Plasma Strategy Panel written by United States. Department of Energy. Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. Panel on a Burning Plasma Program Strategy to Advance Fusion Energy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Burning Plasma Program Strategy to Advance Fusion Energy Report of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Burning Plasma Strategy Panel written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fusion energy shows great promise to contribute to securing the energy future of humanity. The risk of conflicts arising from energy shortages and supply cutoffs, as well as the risk of severe environmental impacts from existing methods of energy production, are strong reasons to pursue fusion energy now. The world effort to develop fusion energy is at the threshold of a new stage in its research: the investigation of burning plasmas. This investigation, at the frontier of the physics of complex systems, would be a huge step in establishing the potential of magnetic fusion energy to contribute to the world's energy security. The defining feature of a burning plasma is that it is self-heated: the 100 million degree temperature of the plasma is maintained mainly by the heat generated by the fusion reactions themselves, as occurs in burning stars. The fusion-generated alpha particles produce new physical phenomena that are strongly coupled together as a nonlinear complex system. Understanding all elements of this system poses a major challenge to fundamental plasma physics. The technology needed to produce and control a burning plasma presents challenges in engineering science similarly essential to the development of fusion energy.
Download or read book Report of the FESAC Panel on a Burning Plasma Program Strategy to Advance Fusion Energy written by United States. Department of Energy. Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee. Panel on a Burning Plasma Program Strategy to Advance Fusion Energy and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Interim Report of the Committee on a Strategic Plan for U S Burning Plasma Research written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 2003, President George W. Bush announced that the United States would begin negotiations to join the ITER project and noted that "if successful, ITER would create the first fusion device capable of producing thermal energy comparable to the output of a power plant, making commercially viable fusion power available as soon as 2050." The United States and the other ITER members are now constructing ITER with the aim to demonstrate that magnetically confined plasmas can produce more fusion power than the power needed to sustain the plasma. This is a critical step towards producing and delivering electricity from fusion energy. Since the international establishment of the ITER project, ITER's construction schedule has slipped and ITER's costs have increased significantly, leading to questions about whether the United States should continue its commitment to participate in ITER. This study will advise how to best advance the fusion energy sciences in the United States given developments in the field, the specific international investments in fusion science and technology, and the priorities for the next ten years developed by the community and the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) that were recently reported to Congress. It will address the scientific justification and needs for strengthening the foundations for realizing fusion energy given a potential choice of U.S. participation or not in the ITER project, and develops future scenarios in either case. This interim report assesses the current status of U.S. fusion research and of the importance of burning plasma research to the development of fusion energy as well as to plasma science and other science and engineering disciplines. The final report will present strategies that incorporate continued progress toward a burning plasma experiment and a focus on innovation.
Download or read book Final Report of the Committee on a Strategic Plan for U S Burning Plasma Research written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fusion offers the prospect of virtually unlimited energy. The United States and many nations around the world have made enormous progress toward achieving fusion energy. With ITER scheduled to go online within a decade and demonstrate controlled fusion ten years later, now is the right time for the United States to develop plans to benefit from its investment in burning plasma research and take steps to develop fusion electricity for the nation's future energy needs. At the request of the Department of Energy, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a committee to develop a strategic plan for U.S. fusion research. The final report's two main recommendations are: (1) The United States should remain an ITER partner as the most cost-effective way to gain experience with a burning plasma at the scale of a power plant. (2) The United States should start a national program of accompanying research and technology leading to the construction of a compact pilot plant that produces electricity from fusion at the lowest possible capital cost.
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Download or read book Nuclear Fusion Energy Encyclopedia Volume 2 ITER Project Burning Plasma American and International Fusion Research Facilities Spinoffs FESAC Reports Toroidal Magnetic Fusion written by Department of Energy (DOE) and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-03 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique compilation of official information provides an incredibly comprehensive overview of all aspects of the worlds' quest for nuclear fusion energy, including the ambitious ITER experimental burning plasma project, U.S. fusion research and facilities, international efforts in China, Russia, South Korea, and other countries, and plans for the DEMO reactor and full-scale electrical generation plants. Because of the enormous size of this material, for reproduction in paperback format it has been divided into two parts.VOLUME 1 - Part 1: DOE Fusion Energy Sciences * Part 2: ITER Project Overview and U.S. Contribution * Part 3: The Next Generation of Fusion Energy Research (Hearing) * Part 4: Fusion Energy (GAO) * Part 5: Fusion Spinoffs: Making A Difference Today * Part 6: Report of the FESAC Subcommittee on the Priorities of the Magnetic Fusion Energy Science Program 2013 * Part 7: Report of the FESAC Subcommittee on the Prioritization of Proposed Scientific User Facilities for the Office of Science 2013 * Part 8: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Report on Opportunities for and Modes of International Collaboration in Fusion Energy Sciences Research during the ITER Era - February 2012 * Part 9: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Report on Opportunities for Fusion Materials Science and Technology Research Now and During the ITER Era February 2012 * Part 10: Report of the Burning Plasma Organization Panel on Planning for US Participation in ITER - September 3, 2009 * Part 11: Priorities, Gaps and Opportunities: Towards A Long-Range Strategic Plan For Magnetic Fusion Energy - A Report to the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee - October 2007VOLUME 2 - Part 11: Priorities, Gaps and Opportunities: Towards A Long-Range Strategic Plan For Magnetic Fusion Energy - A Report to the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee - October 2007 (conclusion) * Part 12: Report of the 2005 FESAC Facilities Panel - Characteristics and Contributions of the Three Major United States Toroidal Magnetic Fusion Facilities * Part 13: FESAC A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy * Part 14: Report of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Burning Plasma Strategy Panel - A Burning Plasma Program Strategy To Advance Fusion Energy * Part 15: NSTX-U FY2013 Year End Report * Part 16: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) Meeting Minutes * Part 17: 2014 Fusion Energy Sciences Congressional Budget Request * Part 18: 2013 Fusion Energy Sciences Congressional Budget Request * Part 19: ITER Presentations
Download or read book Nuclear Fusion Energy Encyclopedia Volume 1 ITER Project Burning Plasma American and International Fusion Research Facilities Spinoffs FESAC Reports Toroidal Magnetic Fusion written by Department of Energy (DOE) and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-03 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique compilation of official information provides an incredibly comprehensive overview of all aspects of the worlds' quest for nuclear fusion energy, including the ambitious ITER experimental burning plasma project, U.S. fusion research and facilities, international efforts in China, Russia, South Korea, and other countries, and plans for the DEMO reactor and full-scale electrical generation plants. Because of the enormous size of this material, for reproduction in paperback format it has been divided into two parts.VOLUME 1 - Part 1: DOE Fusion Energy Sciences * Part 2: ITER Project Overview and U.S. Contribution * Part 3: The Next Generation of Fusion Energy Research (Hearing) * Part 4: Fusion Energy (GAO) * Part 5: Fusion Spinoffs: Making A Difference Today * Part 6: Report of the FESAC Subcommittee on the Priorities of the Magnetic Fusion Energy Science Program 2013 * Part 7: Report of the FESAC Subcommittee on the Prioritization of Proposed Scientific User Facilities for the Office of Science 2013 * Part 8: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Report on Opportunities for and Modes of International Collaboration in Fusion Energy Sciences Research during the ITER Era - February 2012 * Part 9: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Report on Opportunities for Fusion Materials Science and Technology Research Now and During the ITER Era February 2012 * Part 10: Report of the Burning Plasma Organization Panel on Planning for US Participation in ITER - September 3, 2009 * Part 11: Priorities, Gaps and Opportunities: Towards A Long-Range Strategic Plan For Magnetic Fusion Energy - A Report to the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee - October 2007VOLUME 2 - Part 11: Priorities, Gaps and Opportunities: Towards A Long-Range Strategic Plan For Magnetic Fusion Energy - A Report to the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee - October 2007 (conclusion) * Part 12: Report of the 2005 FESAC Facilities Panel - Characteristics and Contributions of the Three Major United States Toroidal Magnetic Fusion Facilities * Part 13: FESAC A Plan for the Development of Fusion Energy * Part 14: Report of the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Burning Plasma Strategy Panel - A Burning Plasma Program Strategy To Advance Fusion Energy * Part 15: NSTX-U FY2013 Year End Report * Part 16: Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) Meeting Minutes * Part 17: 2014 Fusion Energy Sciences Congressional Budget Request * Part 18: 2013 Fusion Energy Sciences Congressional Budget Request * Part 19: ITER Presentations Fusion is a key element in long-term US energy plans. ITER will allow scientists to explore the physics of a burning plasma at energy densities close to that of a commercial power plant. This is a critical step towards producing and delivering electricity from fusion to the grid. Nuclear fusion occurs naturally in stars, like our sun. When hydrogen gets hot enough, the process of fusion occurs, releasing energy. On earth, producing fusion reactions by heating, compressing and confining hydrogen plasmas at 100 million degrees is a significant challenge. After years of research, scientists have learned that it is possible to create a self-heated fusion plasma and truly "bring a star to earth." Fusion has the potential to bring clean, abundant, safe energy to most of the world's populations. The fusion process produces no greenhouse gas emissions and generates no high-level radioactive waste. It is fueled by readily available resources: Deuterium (heavy hydrogen) is plentiful in water and tritium can be produced during the fusion process. Fusion could become a major contributor to the power grid for centuries to come.
Download or read book Final Report of the Committee on a Strategic Plan for U S Burning Plasma Research written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-07-01 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fusion offers the prospect of virtually unlimited energy. The United States and many nations around the world have made enormous progress toward achieving fusion energy. With ITER scheduled to go online within a decade and demonstrate controlled fusion ten years later, now is the right time for the United States to develop plans to benefit from its investment in burning plasma research and take steps to develop fusion electricity for the nation's future energy needs. At the request of the Department of Energy, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine organized a committee to develop a strategic plan for U.S. fusion research. The final report's two main recommendations are: (1) The United States should remain an ITER partner as the most cost-effective way to gain experience with a burning plasma at the scale of a power plant. (2) The United States should start a national program of accompanying research and technology leading to the construction of a compact pilot plant that produces electricity from fusion at the lowest possible capital cost.
Download or read book Burning Plasma written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-04-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Significant advances have been made in fusion science, and a point has been reached when we need to decide if the United States is ready to begin a burning plasma experiment. A burning plasmaâ€"in which at least 50 percent of the energy to drive the fusion reaction is generated internallyâ€"is an essential step to reach the goal of fusion power generation. The Burning Plasma Assessment Committee was formed to provide advice on this decision. The committee concluded that there is high confidence in the readiness to proceed with the burning plasma step. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), with the United States as a significant partner, was the best choice. Once a commitment to ITER is made, fulfilling it should become the highest priority of the U.S. fusion research program. A funding trajectory is required that both captures the benefits of joining ITER and retains a strong scientific focus on the long-range goals of the program. Addition of the ITER project will require that the content, scope, and level of U.S. fusion activity be defined by program balancing through a priority-setting process initiated by the Office of Fusion Energy Science.
Download or read book Review of Burning Plasma Physics Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee FESAC written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next frontier in the quest for magnetic fusion energy is the development of a basic understanding of plasma behavior in the regime of strong self-heating, the so called "burning plasma" regime. The general consensus in the fusion community is that the exploration of this frontier requires a new, relatively large experimental facility - a burning plasma experiment. The motivation, justification, and steps required to build such a facility are the primary focus of our report. The specific goals of the report are as follows. First, the report describes the critical scientific and engineering phenomena that are expected to arise for the first time, or else in a strongly modified form, in a burning plasma. Second, the report shows that the capabilities of existing experiments are inadequate to investigate these phenomena, thereby providing a major justification for a new facility. Third, the report compares the features and predicted performance of the three major next generation burning plasma experiments under current consideration (ITER-FEAT, FIRE, and IGNITOR), which are aimed at addressing these problems. Deliberately, no selection of the best option is made or attempted since such a decision involves complex scientific and cost issues that are beyond the scope of the present panel report. Fourth, the report makes specific recommendations regarding a process to move the burning plasma program forward, including a procedure for choosing the best option and the future activities of the Next Step Option (NSO) program. Fifth, the report attempts to provide a proper perspective for the role of burning plasmas with respect to the overall U.S. fusion program. The introduction below provides the basic background information required for understanding the context in which the U.S. fusion community thinks about burning plasma issues. It "sets the stage" for the remainder of the report.
Download or read book Interim Report of the Committee on a Strategic Plan for U S Burning Plasma Research written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Committee on a Strategic Plan for U.S. Burning Plasma Research and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " In January 2003, President George W. Bush announced that the United States would begin negotiations to join the ITER project and noted that "if successful, ITER would create the first fusion device capable of producing thermal energy comparable to the output of a power plant, making commercially viable fusion power available as soon as 2050." The United States and the other ITER members are now constructing ITER with the aim to demonstrate that magnetically confined plasmas can produce more fusion power than the power needed to sustain the plasma. This is a critical step towards producing and delivering electricity from fusion energy. Since the international establishment of the ITER project, ITER's construction schedule has slipped and ITER's costs have increased significantly, leading to questions about whether the United States should continue its commitment to participate in ITER. This study will advise how to best advance the fusion energy sciences in the United States given developments in the field, the specific international investments in fusion science and technology, and the priorities for the next ten years developed by the community and the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) that were recently reported to Congress. It will address the scientific justification and needs for strengthening the foundations for realizing fusion energy given a potential choice of U.S. participation or not in the ITER project, and develops future scenarios in either case. This interim report assesses the current status of U.S. fusion research and of the importance of burning plasma research to the development of fusion energy as well as to plasma science and other science and engineering disciplines. The final report will present strategies that incorporate continued progress toward a burning plasma experiment and a focus on innovation" -- Publisher's description.
Download or read book Final Report of the Committee on a Strategic Plan for U S Burning Plasma Research written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Review of the DOE Plan for U S Fusion Community Participation in the ITER Program written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2009-02-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ITER presents the United States and its international partners with the opportunity to explore new and exciting frontiers of plasma science while bringing the promise of fusion energy closer to reality. The ITER project has garnered the commitment and will draw on the scientific potential of seven international partners, China, the European Union, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Russia, and the United States, countries that represent more than half of the world's population. The success of ITER will depend on each partner's ability to fully engage itself in the scientific and technological challenges posed by advancing our understanding of fusion. In this book, the National Research Council assesses the current U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plan for U.S. fusion community participation in ITER, evaluates the plan's elements, and recommends appropriate goals, procedures, and metrics for consideration in the future development of the plan.
Download or read book Burning Plasma written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-05-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Significant advances have been made in fusion science, and a point has been reached when we need to decide if the United States is ready to begin a burning plasma experiment. A burning plasmaâ€"in which at least 50 percent of the energy to drive the fusion reaction is generated internallyâ€"is an essential step to reach the goal of fusion power generation. The Burning Plasma Assessment Committee was formed to provide advice on this decision. The committee concluded that there is high confidence in the readiness to proceed with the burning plasma step. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), with the United States as a significant partner, was the best choice. Once a commitment to ITER is made, fulfilling it should become the highest priority of the U.S. fusion research program. A funding trajectory is required that both captures the benefits of joining ITER and retains a strong scientific focus on the long-range goals of the program. Addition of the ITER project will require that the content, scope, and level of U.S. fusion activity be defined by program balancing through a priority-setting process initiated by the Office of Fusion Energy Science.
Download or read book An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-07-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The potential for using fusion energy to produce commercial electric power was first explored in the 1950s. Harnessing fusion energy offers the prospect of a nearly carbon-free energy source with a virtually unlimited supply of fuel. Unlike nuclear fission plants, appropriately designed fusion power plants would not produce the large amounts of high-level nuclear waste that requires long-term disposal. Due to these prospects, many nations have initiated research and development (R&D) programs aimed at developing fusion as an energy source. Two R&D approaches are being explored: magnetic fusion energy (MFE) and inertial fusion energy (IFE). An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy describes and assesses the current status of IFE research in the United States; compares the various technical approaches to IFE; and identifies the scientific and engineering challenges associated with developing inertial confinement fusion (ICF) in particular as an energy source. It also provides guidance on an R&D roadmap at the conceptual level for a national program focusing on the design and construction of an inertial fusion energy demonstration plant.
Download or read book Interim Report Status of the Study An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scientific and technological progress in inertial confinement fusion has been substantial during the past decade. However, many of the technologies needed for an integrated inertial fusion energy system are still at an early stage of technological maturity. For all approaches to inertial fusion energy there remain critical scientific and engineering challenges. In this interim report of the study An Assessment of the Prospects for Inertial Fusion Energy, the Committee on the Prospects for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy Systems outlines their preliminary conclusions and recommendations of the feasibility of inertial fusion energy. The committee also describes its anticipated next steps as it prepares its final report.
