ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor [E-Book] : Bringing a Sun to Earth / by Michel Claessens.
This book provides for the first time an insider's view into ITER, the biggest fusion reactor in the world, which is currently being constructed in southern France. Aimed at bringing the "energy of the stars" to earth, ITER is funded by the major economic powers (China, the EU, India,...
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Personal Name(s): | Claessens, Michel, author |
Edition: |
1st edition 2020. |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Copernicus,
2020
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Physical Description: |
XVIII, 216 pages 22 illustrations, 18 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783030275815 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-27581-5 |
Subject (LOC): |
- Introduction
- The Future of energy
- What is Nuclear Fusion?- The ITER Tokamak
- Why France?- A Gigantic Worksite
- Sceptical Scientists
- How Much Does ITER Cost?- After ITER
- Clean Energy?- How Safe is ITER?
- A Political Project
- ITER Warms up the Economy of Provence
- A Scientific Tower of Babel- Chinese in Manosque
- A Worksite Open to the Public
- The Holy Grail of Fusion
- Technology Diplomacy.