Future Energy Alternatives: Fusion 531
A. Potential for Fusion Power
B. Energy from the Stars: The Fusion Process
C. Conditions for Fusion
D. Magnetic Confinement Fusion Reactors
E. Laser-Induced Fusion
F. Cold Fusion
G. Summary & Outlook for Fusion
fusion the process of bringing two nuclei together to form one nucleus; energy is released through the loss of mass in the product nucleus.
inertial confinement laser-induced fusion in which fuel is heated rapidly before expansion can begin.
Lawson criteria conditions that must be achieved in fusion for energy breakeven (energy output at least as large as energy input).
magnetic confinement technique used in fusion reactors to contain the plasma that is being heated.
plasma ionized gas, usually at a high temperature.
Tokamak a particular type of fusion reactor using magnetic confinement; doughnut shaped.General Atomics Fusion Group
http://fusion.gat.com
Laboratory for Laser Energetics at University of Rochester
http://www.lle.rochester.edu
National Ignition Facility
http://www.llnl.gov/nif/
United Staes Department of Energy’s Office of Fusion Energy Sciences
http://www.ofes.fusion.doe.gov