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C'est une aventure singulière initiée dans les années 1950. Une communauté scientifique internationale, soutenue par les pouvoirs publics des nations les plus riches, s'est fixée pour objectif de réaliser la fusion d'éléments légers afin de contribuer à la production d'électricité. Quand ? Comment ? À quel prix ? Autant de questions aux réponses incertaines. Les bases physiques de la fusion nucléaire sont connues depuis longtemps. Elles ont conduit à de vastes programmes lancés vers 1970 dans deux directions : les tokamaks pour le confinement magnétique et les lasers multifaisceaux pour le confinement inertiel. Jusqu'aux étapes clés actuelles que sont ITER et les lasers mégajoule, les avancées ont été spectaculaires mais insuffisantes. Après plus d'un demi-siècle de recherches et de développement, la preuve n'est toujours pas apportée d'une énergie de fusion supérieure à l'énergie investie dans le fonctionnement du dispositif. Il faudra encore de longs délais avant d'envisager une exploitation industrielle, un autre demi-siècle peut-être ? Si d'autres recherches se poursuivent en marge, notamment sur les systèmes hybrides fusion-fission, le réacteur à fusion tel qu'on l'imagine en 2011 se situe dans le prolongement des deux grandes filières que sont les tokamaks et la voie inertielle par laser. L'avenir n'est pas écrit. La seule certitude est que si l'on parvient à maîtriser la fusion thermonucléaire, l'humanité disposera d'une ressource très abondante pour satisfaire sa demande d'énergie électrique, sans émission de gaz à effet de serre et avec une radioactivité posant moins de problèmes que celle de l'énergie de fission.

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Magnetic Fusion Energy: From Experiments to Power Plants is a timely exploration of the field, giving readers an understanding of the experiments that brought us to the threshold of the ITER era, as well as the physics and technology research needed to take us beyond ITER to commercial fusion power plants. With the start of ITER construction, the world’s magnetic fusion energy (MFE) enterprise has begun a new era. The ITER scientific and technical (S&T) basis is the result of research on many fusion plasma physics experiments over a period of decades. Besides ITER, the scope of fusion research must be broadened to create the S&T basis for practical fusion power plants, systems that will continuously convert the energy released from a burning plasma to usable electricity, operating for years with only occasional interruptions for scheduled maintenance. Provides researchers in academia and industry with an authoritative overview of the significant fusion energy experiments Considers the pathway towards future development of magnetic fusion energy power plants Contains experts contributions from editors and others who are well known in the field

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Broken up in to three sections, this book gives a unified explanation of all the significant data on the Cold Fusion Phenomena to date. It presents a history of the Cold Fusion Phenomenon (CFP), gives the fundamental experimental results of the CFP and presents a quantum mechanical treatment of physical problems associated with cold fusion.* Overviews the abundance of research and investigation that followed the 'cold fusion scandal' in 1989.* Explores the fundamental science behind the original Fleischmann experiment

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This book discusses the fun side of the quest to develop fusion energy-a modern equivalent of the hunt for the Holy Grail. After more than 70 years of research, despite great progress, the goal has not been realized. Do you have to be crazy to love quests like this? Not really, but you do have to have an unshakeable optimism. Through humorous anecdotes, and accessible yet detailed scientific discussion, this book illuminates the enjoyment of scientific research through an account of fifty years working on fusion energy development. The anecdotes bring out the human side of research, in which...

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Frontiers in Fusion Research provides a systematic overview of the latest physical principles of fusion and plasma confinement. It is primarily devoted to the principle of magnetic plasma confinement, that has been systematized through 50 years of fusion research. Frontiers in Fusion Research begins with an introduction to the study of plasma, discussing the astronomical birth of hydrogen energy and the beginnings of human attempts to harness the Sun’s energy for use on Earth. It moves on to chapters that cover a variety of topics such as: • charged particle motion, • plasma kinetic theory, • wave dynamics, • force equilibrium, and • plasma turbulence. The final part of the book describes the characteristics of fusion as a source of energy and examines the current status of this particular field of research. Anyone with a grasp of basic quantum and analytical mechanics, especially physicists and researchers from a range of different backgrounds, may find Frontiers in Fusion Research an interesting and informative guide to the physics of magnetic confinement.

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