Commercialising fusion energy : how small businesses are transforming big science /

Throughout the past five decades, research and development in the world of nuclear fusion has been led by large publicly funded national laboratories. Currently, fusion energy technology development is being embraced by small, fast-moving start-up companies. This edited book provides an overview of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Nuttall, William J. (Editor ), Konishi, Satoshi (Editor ), Takeda, Shutaro (Editor ), Webbe-Wood, David (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, [2020]
Colección:IOP ebooks. 2020 collection.
Temas:
Controlled fusion > Economic aspects.
Nuclear industry.
Small business > Technological innovations.
Nuclear power & engineering.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Power Resources / Nuclear.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction / William J Nuttall, Satoshi Konishi, Shutaro Takeda and David Webbe-Wood
  • section I. Private fusion primer. 2. Review of approaches to fusion energy / Richard J. Pearson and Shutaro Takeda
  • 3. Considerations for commercialization strategies for fusion energy / Shutaro Takeda and Sehila M Gonzalez de Vicente
  • 4. Funding and financing commercial fusion power plants / David Webbe-Wood
  • section II. Progress in the private sector. 5. Tokamak Energy / Melanie Windridge
  • 6. Laser fusion CANDY GPI/Hamamatsu / Y. Mori
  • 7. Pioneers of commercial fusion / Richard J. Pearson and William J. Nuttall
  • section III. Public sector push to commercialization. 8. STEP--on the pathway to fusion commercialization / Howard Wilson, Ian Chapman, Tris Denton, William Morris, Bhavin Patel, Garry Voss, Chris Waldon and the STEP Team
  • 9. DEMO design activities and helical initiatives in Japan / Takuya Goto
  • section IV. Challenges and future opportunities. 10. Fusion innovation : understanding the engineering challenges to commercial fusion / Richard J. Pearson
  • 11. Commercial opportunities for nuclear fusion / William J. Nuttall
  • 12. Fusion energy and carbon management / Satoshi Konishi, Hoseok Nam and Shutaro Takeda
  • 13. Conclusions / William J. Nuttall, Satoshi Konishi, Shutaro Takeda and David Webbe-Wood.

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