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