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Zap Energy hits 37-million-degree electron temperatures in compact fusion device
Zap Energy announced April 23 that it has reached 1-3 keV plasma electron temperatures—roughly the equivalent of 11 to 37 million degrees Celsius—using its sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch approach to fusion. Reaching temperatures above that of the sun’s core (which is 10 million degrees Celsius temperature) is just one hurdle required before any fusion confinement concept can realistically pursue net gain and fusion energy.
Dieter Pfirsch, Karl H. Schmitter
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 4 | July 1989 | Pages 1471-1484
Technical Paper | Economic | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A25339
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A method to estimate the cost and construction energy of tokamak fusion power stations based on the present, early stage of fusion development is described. The method is based on first-wall heat load constraints rather than beta limitations, which could eventually be the more critical of the two. The economic efficiency of pure fusion is discussed, with particular reference to a European study. It is shown that the claims made therein for the economic prospects of pure fusion with tokamaks, when discussed on the basis of present-day technology, do not stand up to critical examination, A fusion-fission hybrid, however, could afford more positive prospects. This method is also effective when it is properly applied for cost estimation of advanced gas-cooled and Magnox reactors, the very examples presented by the European study to “disprove” it.