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Fusion Education Web Sites

  • FusEdWeb at PPPL Discover all forms of fusion with frequently asked questions, an online fusion course, ideas for fusion outreach, and numerous links to other pages.

  • General Atomics Fusion Education Web Site Explanation of the fusion process and fusion reactors. Also contains teachers resources including slide shows, classroom activities and student/teacher workbooks.

  • Internet Plasma Physics Education Experience Topics ranging from electricity, magnetism, energy, and especially fusion. Analyze actual data from past and current fusion experiments!

  • Iter Canada Introduction to Fusion Learn about environmental impact, fusion reactor safety and how much fuel it takes to supply a large city by fusion power.

  • Plasmas - The Fourth State of Matter Answering the question, just what is 'plasma'. Complete with an outstanding photo gallery!

  • US National Fusion Energy Science Web Site Provides interactive repository of information on fusion for all those interested in scientific progress in fusion.

    • Fusion Organizations

  • American Institute of Physics Public email lists, information on science funding, major physics news including fusion.

  • American Nuclear Society Fusion Energy Division Promotes technical communication, recognition, and public information on research and development of fusion as a practical energy source for the benefit of society.

  • American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics Awards in fusion reseearch, distinguished lecturers, outreach material and meeting information.

  • European Physical Society Divisions in plasma, experimental, high energy and nuclear physics.

  • Fusion Power Associates Non-profit research and educational foundation providing information on the status of fusion development and the many applications of fusion research.

  • IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Technical committees on all areas of nuclear research and local chapters around the world.

  • Institute of Physics An international learned society and professional body for the advancement and dissemination of physics, pure and applied, and promotion of physics education.

  • U.S. Fusion Energy Sciences Program Mission to advance plasma science, and fusion science and technology for an economically and environmentally attractive fusion energy source.

  • University Fusion Association (UFA) Focused on the development of plasma science and technology, members are professional and student researchers in educational institutions.

    • Fusion Facilities and Research Centres Around the World

  • Argonne National Laboratory Fusion Program Main areas of research include limiter/divertor plasma-facing components, power extraction, fusion power plant studies and plasma surface interactions.

  • DIII-D Reactor: General Atomics, San Diego, California, USA Details on Tokamak and Interial Confinement fusion program at General Atomics. Includes computer, engineering and design info, and publications.

  • Boeing High Energy Systems Group Developing technologies for ITER including the divertor cassette system, test blanket, shield blanket, and work on the ARIES plant plant concept.

  • JET Reactor: European Fusion Development Agreement, Culham, England Currently the largest Tokamak fusion reactor in the world.

  • TFTR Reactor: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA First reactor to perform high power tritium fuel tests, now being decommissioned.

  • CMOD Reactor: MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Centre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA World's highest magnetic field Tokamak plasma reactor.

  • NSTX Reactor: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA One megaamp discharge in a spherical device.

  • NSCX Reactor: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA National Compact Stellarator Experiment aimed at shaping plasma for optimal fusion conditions.

  • FIRE Project: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey, USA Fusion Ignition Research Experiment aimed at development of an ignited fusion reactor, collaborating with research centres around the world.

  • KSTAR Reactor: South Korea Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research reactor based on the proposed TFTR-replacement reactor at PPPL.

  • ASDEX Upgrade Reactor: Max-Planck-Institut fur Plasmaphysik, Garching, Germany Germany's largest fusion facility, diverted Tokamak.

  • TEXTOR-Upgrade Reactor: Institut fur Plasmaphysik, Julick, Germany Germny's second Tokamak.

  • TCV Reactor: Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Lausanne, Switzerland Studying properties of Tokamak plasmas with high elongations and tests for plasma position and shape control.

  • JT-60 Reactor: Japanese Atomic Energy Research Institute, Naka, Japan Japan's largest Tokamak fusion facility.

    • Conferences, and Activities in Fusion

  • Conference List: ANS Calendar of upcoming conferences on fusion technology.

  • Conference List: FPA Extensive list of activities worldwide.

  • Conference List: IEEE Nuclear & Plasma Science Society Events occurring around the world.

  • Conference List: Weizmann Institute Conferences on atomic and plasma physics.

  • Journal of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Looking at all aspects of plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion..

  • Journal of Nuclear Fusion: IAEA Journal covering all research relavent to controlled thermonuclear fusion.

    • For More Information...

  • IAEA World Survey of Activities in Nuclear Fusion, 1997 The most complete worldwide list of companies and organiziations involved in controlled fusion research and development.

  • Plasma on the Internet: Weizmann Institute of Science Plasma Laboratory List of over 150 internet links grouped by country.

  • Sci.physics.plasma Moderated discussion list on plasma and fusion science.

  • Sci.physics.fusion Unmoderated discussion list on fusion issues.

  • Fusion Power Associates .

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