DocumentCode
109508
Title
Fusion: promises and problems [Energy Fusion]
Author
Pool, Rebecca
Volume
9
Issue
6
fYear
2014
fDate
Jul-14
Firstpage
78
Lastpage
81
Abstract
This article presents issues concerning the achievement of ignition through inertial confinement fusion at the National Ignition Facility (NIF). These include the optimization of laser energy delivery, hohlraum design, and tritium fuel breeding. Magnetic confinement fusion, as an alternative to laser fusion, is also discussed as well as efforts towards a future commercial fusion reactor.
Keywords
Tokamak devices; fusion reactors; laser fusion; plasma toroidal confinement; NIF; National Ignition Facility; commercial fusion reactor; hohlraum design; ignition; inertial confinement fusion; laser energy delivery optimization; laser fusion alternative; magnetic confinement fusion; tritium fuel breeding;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Engineering & Technology
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1750-9637
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/et.2014.0614
Filename
6863808
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