Published October 10, 2005
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ITER
Description
This year six international partners have signed up to construct the first burning plasma experiment -- ITER -- in the South of France.It is over 50 years since the beginning of national programs to produce controlled fusion energy. The challenge of fusion energy has proven harder than was first anticipated. In this Colloquium Steve Cowley from UCLA will explain the scientific issues and how the difficulties have been overcome.
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- vp.
Conference
- Title
- SLAC Colloquium Series, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- Dates
- 10 Oct 2005
- Place
- Menlo Park, CA (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 43001898
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- FERMILAB ACCELERATOR; PLASMA; STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER; THERMONUCLEAR REACTORS; UCLA
- Descriptors DEC
- ACCELERATORS; CYCLIC ACCELERATORS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; SYNCHROTRONS; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- AC02-76SF00515
- Notes
- run time 01:03:06
- Funding organization
- USDOE Office of Science (United States)