Opportunities in the Fusion Energy Sciences Program [Includes Appendix C: Topical Areas Characterization]
Abstract
Recent years have brought dramatic advances in the scientific understanding of fusion plasmas and in the generation of fusion power in the laboratory. Today, there is little doubt that fusion energy production is feasible. The challenge is to make fusion energy practical. As a result of the advances of the last few years, there are now exciting opportunities to optimize fusion systems so that an attractive new energy source will be available when it may be needed in the middle of the next century. The risk of conflicts arising from energy shortages and supply cutoffs, as well as the risk of severe environmental impacts from existing methods of energy production, are among the reasons to pursue these opportunities.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee for the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy; Oak Ridge National Lab., Oak Ridge, TN (US)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 12451
- Report Number(s):
- M99-104894
TRN: US0304281
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-96OR22464
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1 Jun 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ENERGY SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; THERMONUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS
Citation Formats
. Opportunities in the Fusion Energy Sciences Program [Includes Appendix C: Topical Areas Characterization]. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web. doi:10.2172/12451.
. Opportunities in the Fusion Energy Sciences Program [Includes Appendix C: Topical Areas Characterization]. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/12451
. 1999.
"Opportunities in the Fusion Energy Sciences Program [Includes Appendix C: Topical Areas Characterization]". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/12451. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/12451.
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abstractNote = {Recent years have brought dramatic advances in the scientific understanding of fusion plasmas and in the generation of fusion power in the laboratory. Today, there is little doubt that fusion energy production is feasible. The challenge is to make fusion energy practical. As a result of the advances of the last few years, there are now exciting opportunities to optimize fusion systems so that an attractive new energy source will be available when it may be needed in the middle of the next century. The risk of conflicts arising from energy shortages and supply cutoffs, as well as the risk of severe environmental impacts from existing methods of energy production, are among the reasons to pursue these opportunities.},
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