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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
F. A. R. Schmidt, H. P. Franke
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 56 | Number 4 | April 1975 | Pages 431-433
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE75-A26689
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A program for the solution of the two-dimensional diffusion equation by the finite element method was developed and applied to realistic reactor calculations. Comparisons were made with well-known diffusion theory codes and with nodal programs. Results of these comparisons and first experiences with the finite element method and its success in our program FEM 2D are reported.
