Proceedings: EPRI executive seminar on fusion. Seminar report

This report has been organized so that the information may be used as a primer on fusion power for those individuals who have had little or no previous exposure to the topic. The paper is divided into three sections: the first, fusion for utilities, offers a broad introduction to the fusion process, its present and future directions. The second section, the current program, gives an account of the role the government and EPRI have taken in the development of the fusion power source. Finally, in the third section, fusion options and foreseeable program decisions, the relevance of these developments to the utility industry is explored. Further suggestions on the role the utility industry can play in research and development programs can be found in Appendix A: electric utility personnel involvement in the US fusion program: a report by the ad hoc working group of the EPRI Fusion Program Committee. A postscript, compiled after the seminar from the comments made by representatives from the utility industry and the government, completes the proceedings