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CCFE is the fusion research arm of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
FusionPerfect Energy
Steve Cowley UK Atomic Energy Authority and Imperial College
Historic Experiment
JET (to scale)JET (to scale)
First Sustained Burning Plasma.
Fusion Power 500MW
Burn Flat Top >400s
Power Amplification Q>10
ITER
ITERFirst sustained burning plasma.
Starts in 202?.
BASIC PARAMETERS:•Plasma Major Radius 6.2m•Plasma Minor Radius 2.0m•Plasma Current 15.0MA•Toroidal Field on Axis 5.3T•Fusion Power 500MW•Burn Flat Top >400s•Power Amplification Q>10•Cost is > 12 Billion Euro.
Which fusion?
Enough lithium in sea to supply 30 million years of world energy needs
Plasma at 200 miilion degrees
Blanket at ~ 600 degrees C
ITER Computer Modeling
FusionPower (MW)
Budny 2009
Heating Power (MW)
Why Bother?
Ultimate fuel resource for different energy systems
Large resources in coal, fission breeder and fusion. Solar provides a large resource as well. Source: WEC, BP, USGS, WNA
CAN WE AFFORD TO BURN ALL OF THESE
David Ward
How do we know ITER Will Burn?
12
New records
Currently the only machine capable of fusion
JET 2018 prediction
And then?
And then?
First Fusion Electricity
Delivering this project couldn’tbe easy. And it isn’t.
…. And it couldn’t be more important.
Final Thought
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