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AST 558, Graduate Seminar “Prospects for Fusion Energy”

Updated August 29, 2009

Seminars

• A Brief History of Fusion and Fusion Basics D. Meade 
• Recent JET Experiments and Science Issues -  J. Strachan, 
• Advanced Tokamaks FIRE to ARIES - D. Meade 
• The ARIES Power Plant Studies - S. Jardin
  
• IFE basics, NIF and IFE -  Mark Herrmann (LLNL), 
• The FESAC Fusion Energy Plan - Rob Goldston, 
• Fusion with High Power Lasers - John Sethian (NRL) 
• ITER Physics and Technology -  N. Sauthoff, 
• Stellarator Physics and Technology - M. Zarnstorff, 
• "New" Mirror Approaches for Fusion - N. Fisch, 
  
• ST Science and Technology - M. Peng , 
  
• FRC Science and Technology - S. Cohen

Background Information              

• The physics issues that determine inertial confinement fusion target gain and driver requirements: A tutorial* M. D Rosen
• Advanced Power Plant Designs (ARIES)
• The Possibility Of Producing Thermonuclear Reactions In A Gaseous Discharge*, I Kurchatov, 1956, talk at Harwell, published in Nucleonics 1956 added August 29, 2009
• History of Soviet Fusion Program, V. D. Shafranov
• History of Fusion, A Personal view,  V. Chuyanov added August 29, 2009
• 50 years in Fusion and the Way Forward- Jean Jacquinot, CEA, France added August 29, 2009
• 50Years of Magnetic Confinement Fusion Research -A Retrospective, 16 page Booklet, IAEA Staff added August 29, 2009
• Some Highlights of 50 Years of Fusion Research - Dale Meade, FIRE, Princeton, NJ USA added August 29, 2009
• Burning Plasma Advisory Committee Report, (150 kB, pdf) Stewart Prager  July 31, 2003