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Fusion energy: Progress, partnerships, and the path to deployment
Over the past decade, fusion energy has moved decisively from scientific aspiration toward a credible pathway to a new energy technology. Thanks to long-term federal support, we have significantly advanced our fundamental understanding of plasma physics—the behavior of the superheated gases at the heart of fusion devices. This knowledge will enable the creation and control of fusion fuel under conditions required for future power plants. Our progress is exemplified by breakthroughs at the National Ignition Facility and the Joint European Torus.
S. K. Ho, L. John Perkins, J. H. Hammer
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 17 | Number 4 | July 1990 | Pages 658-660
Technical Note | Plasma Engineering | doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29198
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The possibility of applying compact toroids (CTs) to drive current via helicity injection in an engineering test reactor tokamak is considered. Some preliminary calculations for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor are presented and it is shown that plasma gain Q values (i.e., fusion power/injected CT power) in an unoptimized system may be of the order of 10 to 40, depending on the CT/tokamak interaction processes.