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Fusion Energy
This division promotes the development and timely introduction of fusion energy as a sustainable energy source with favorable economic, environmental, and safety attributes. The division cooperates with other organizations on common issues of multidisciplinary fusion science and technology, conducts professional meetings, and disseminates technical information in support of these goals. Members focus on the assessment and resolution of critical developmental issues for practical fusion energy applications.
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Understanding the ITER Project in the context of global Progress on Fusion
(photo: ITER Project gangway assembly)
The promise of hydrogen fusion as a safe, environmentally friendly, and virtually unlimited source of energy has motivated scientists and engineers for decades. For the general public, the pace of fusion research and development may at times appear to be slow. But for those on the inside, who understand both the technological challenges involved and the transformative impact that fusion can bring to human society in terms of the security of the long-term world energy supply, the extended investment is well worth it.
Failure is not an option.
July 31–August 4, 2017
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada|Hilton Quebec
The Expanding Universe of Accelerator Applications L'expansion de l'univers des applications d'accélérateurs The 13th International Topical Meeting on Nuclear Applications of Accelerators (AccApp '17) will be hosted at the Hilton Quebec in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada from July 31-August 4, 2017. All meeting activities, plenary sessions, technical sessions and exhibits will be held at the hotel. Hotel room block is now open! The special group rate for the conference starts at $229.00 per night, CAD. A limited number of rooms are reserved at this rate. Reservation Link: Hilton Quebec Hotel Hotel Information: 1100, Rene-Levesque Blvd. East Haute Ville, Quebec, QC G1R 4P3 Reservations must be made by June 30, 2017, or before the group rooms are sold out. Prevailing hotel rates may apply after this date or when the group rooms are sold out, whichever occurs first.
General Chair:
Philip Cole (Professor, Idaho State University)
General Co-Chair:
Adriaan Buijs (Professor, McMaster University)
Technical Program Chair:
Aliz Simon (IAEA)
Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Andrei Afanasev (Professor, George Washington University)
Blair Bromley (Reactor Physicist, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories)