Sun in a Bottle?... Pie in the Sky! [E-Book] : The Wishful Thinking of Nuclear Fusion Energy / by L. J. Reinders.
This book gives an accessible overview of the 70-year history of nuclear fusion research and the vain attempts to construct an energy-generating nuclear fusion reactor. It shows that even in the most optimistic scenario nuclear fusion, despite the claims of its proponents and the billions being spen...
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Personal Name(s): | Reinders, L. J., author |
Edition: |
1st edition 2021. |
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Springer,
2021
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Physical Description: |
XV, 293 pages 50 illustrations, 43 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783030747343 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-74734-3 |
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- Preface
- What is nuclear fusion?
- Stellar processes and quantum mechanics
- Nuclear fusion of light elements
- Plasma
- Plasma in nuclear fusion devices
- Early history and declassification
- Birth of the tokamak
- The tokamak stampede and further developments
- The Big Tokamaks: TFTR, JET, JT-60
- The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor
- Problems, problems, problems...
- Post-ITER: Demo and fusion power plants
- Spherical tokamaks
- Stellarators and other alternative approaches
- Privately funded research
- Criticism of the fusion enterprise
- Economics and sustainability
- Environment and safety
- Summary and final conclusion. .