304 – The Past, Present and Future of Fusion Energy
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Guest: Jason Parisi, Justin Ball Host: Markus Voelter Shownoter: Stefaan Rillaert
Justin and Jason wrote a nice book on fusion called The Future of Fusion Energy, and this episode is based on this book. We start out by revisiting the breakthroughs that drove progress in fusion over the decades, including understanding stars, the tokamak, superconducting magnets, supercomputers and a number of specific aspects of plasma physics. We then look at the current state of fusion research as well as where it might go.
Introduction
00:02:43Justin Ball | Swiss Plasma Center | Jason Parisi | Nuclear fusion | Joint European Torus | Book "The Future of Fusion Energy" | Jason Parisis' article "From fission to fusion: the need for a quick transition"
Past
00:06:38History of the Cavendish Laboratory | Francis Aston | Arthur Eddington | Ronald Richter | Lyman Spitzer | Stellarator | James Tuck | Perhapsatron | Tokamak | Ohmic heating | Superconductivity | Episode about superconductivity | Bootstrap current | H-mode | Episode on ASDEX | Plasma shaping | Deuterium-tritium fuel | TFTR (Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor) | Supercomputer
Present
00:56:31ITER website | ITER | Burning plasma | Fusion ignition | Tritium | Tritium Breeding | JT-60 | MAST Upgrade | Wendelstein 7-X | National Ignition Facility | Inertial confinement fusion | Lockheed Martin Skunk Works' Fusion Reactor | Cold fusion | Commonwealth Fusion Systems | Tokamak Energy
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This was an very nice overview over the state of fusion. I haven’t heard about the story of the two Jets before.
Here are a couple of media recommendations. For a historical view of fusion one can visit the podcast Physical Attraction at https://physicalattraction.libsyn.com/. They are hosting a whole series on fusion. At the very there was some talk about pumped hydro storage. A turbo charged version of pumped storage was topic in http://omegataupodcast.net/299-gravity-storage/.
I missed the fusion startup General Fusion. They can be said to have the coolest fusion machine.
Arg! The first attempts at controlled fusion started in the 1930s, not the 1950s. The first real attempt was Tuck and Ware in 1948, but there are earlier attempts going back to 1938.
I find it very annoying that the authors are writing books on the topic and yet seem largely unaware of its early history.
Einer der MIT Professoren mit ihren Hochtemperaturesupraleitertokamak haben einen tollen Vortrag auf YouTube, ist wirklich sehr empfehlenswert und man sieht die Zukunft der Fusionsforschung viel positiver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkpqA8yG9T4
MIT’s Pathway to Fusion Energy (IAP 2017) – Zach Hartwig
Asking key questions about different fusion concepts and comparing them…
https://youtu.be/L0KuAx1COEk?t=139
I would love to hear more about fusion in the future. In particular, TAE Technology’s Norman and Copernicus reactors:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAE_Technologies
https://ai.google/stories/applied-science/
It seems there has been some heavy money invested, and appears to be making legitimate headway,