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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.
K. Miya , T. Rizawa , K. Someya, A. Minato, T. Tone
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 8 | Number 1 | July 1985 | Pages 233-238
Blanket and First-Wall Engineering | Proceedings of the Sixth Topical Meeting on the Technology of Fusion Energy (San Francisco, California, March 3-7, 1985) | doi.org/10.13182/FST85-A40050
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Ferritic stainless steel(HT-9) is a prospective candidate for a first wall material of a fusion reactor. It experiences magnetic stress due to magnetization in magnetic field. A ferromagnetic cantilever of mild steel was provided to carry out a test on magnetomechanical behavior and to compare with theoretical prediction. The theoretical prediction was made for an infinitely wide beam plate and magnetic stiffness was taken into account. Field distribution of the finite specimen is very different from one of an infinite specimen. It is made clear that deformation is proportional to the squared field for smaller applied field while linear with the field for larger one.