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The Wonder of Fusion Energy

What is fusion, what are we doing, does it work, why is fusion so important for the future of energy production?

  • The Iter Fusion Reactor and its Role in the Development of a Fusion Power Plant (11 MB Powerpoint Presentation) Full introduction to plasma, fusion reactions, Tokamak reactors, fusion safety, Iter cost and the future of fusion power. Recently given to Darlington, Pickering and OPG Head Office CNS branches, student/new hire Lunch n'Learn and the Guy Hornett Information Transfer Seminar Series. Also available in PDF format here (8 MB Adobe Acrobat 5.0).

  • The Iter Fusion Reactor and its Role in the Development of a Fusion Power Plant (1 MB Word Doc) Paper presented at the 2002 International Youth in Nuclear Congress (IYNC) in Daejeon, South Korea, on ITER and the future of pre-commercial fusion devices..

  • Information on waste of ITER after decommissioning and total cost of the device (540 kB MS Word Document) Data on ITER, operation schedule, fuel, reactor materials, factors effecting amount of waste produced, waste left over after decommissioning,and future reactor design. Also, cost of building, operating, and decommissioning ITER. Also available in PDF format here (1.8 MB Adobe Acrobat 5.0).

    • Fusion is process that powers the sun and all the stars in the universe.

    We're running out of sources of power.

    Fusion has many advantages when compared to other sources of power.

    Compare the amount of fuel required!

    How does a fusion reactor work?

    A Tokamak?

    Plasma is the 4th state of matter.

    There exist many ways to induce controlled fusion.

    Fusion power is increasing at a staggering rate!

    Results from around the world.

    Fusion produces very low level radioactive waste.

    We still have a lot to learn.

    The TFTR fusion reactor.

    The DIIID fusion reactor.

    The ITER fusion reactor.

    The NIF reactor.


    Like nuclear fission, or splitting or atoms, nuclear fusion, joining or 'fusing' of atoms, is a nuclear process of releasing the energy trapped within atoms. National Academy of Engineering.
    in all nuclear related fields and would enjoy our link!

    Please feel free to contact Adam McLean (adam.mclean@utoronto.ca) with any suggestions for page content.

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