Public talk: Fusion Power - the era of burning plasmas

Speaker: Professor Steven Cowley, Director of Culham Laboratory.

Date & Time: 7pm, Tuesday 4th of May, 2010

Location: Pevensey 1, theatre 1A7, University of Sussex

In a decade, the international fusion experiment ITER will start operating in the south of France. This historic experiment will generate up to 500 megawatts of fusion power and provide a proof of principle for fusion energy. Fusion has the potential to provide a large fraction of our energy for millions of years. In this talk, Steven will describe the scientific progress in fusion, from Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington's prophetic predictions in 1920 to the remarkable results that have lead to ITER, and the challenging problems that must be solved to make fusion power a commercial option.

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