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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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Zaporizhzhia ‘extremely fragile’ relying on single off-site power line, IAEA warns
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant has just one remaining power line for essential nuclear safety and security functions, compared with its original 10 functional lines before the military conflict with Russia, warned Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
W.R. Meier, D.A. Callahan-Miller, J.F. Latkowski, B.G. Logan, J.D. Lindl, P.F. Peterson
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 39 | Number 2 | March 2001 | Pages 671-677
Chamber Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST01-A11963316
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
The engineering test facility (ETF) for inertial fusion energy (IFE) is the development step preceding a demonstration power plant. As such, it must demonstrate, in an integrated facility, performance of all the key subsystems required for fusion energy production, including target production, injection and tracking, beam propagation and focusing, target gain and yield, chamber response and recovery between shots, heat removal, tritium recovery, and plant safety. In the present work, we combine our current understanding of the target physics and technology, thick liquid wall chambers, and a heavy ion driver to investigate integrated system scaling and operating scenarios for an ETF for heavy ion fusion.