ITER: The Giant Fusion Reactor Bringing a Sun to Earth
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. Now in its second edition, it updates readers on all developments at ITER and those at competing fusion initiatives worldwide, at the N...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. 2023 |
| Series: | Copernicus Books, Sparking Curiosity and Explaining the World
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The Future of Energy
- What is Nuclear Fusion?
- A Brief History of Iter
- Why in France?
- Building A Gigantic Machine
- A Machine Manufactured in 35 Countries
- Those Who are Against Iter
- Why so Many Delays and Cost Overruns?
- How to Manage Such a Complex Programme?
- Is Iter Really Safe and Clean?
- Iter is Heating up the French Economy
- Will Fusion Become Commercial?
- Chinese in Provence
- How to Communicate a High-Tech Project?
- Quest for the Fusion Grail
- Beyond Technology Diplomacy
- New Technical Challenges
- Becoming a “Fusion Whistleblower”
- What is Next?