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SUMMARY:The Path to Fusion Power
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Christopher Llewellyn-Smith\, Oxford University\, UK\
	nPoster: http://physics.bu.edu/internal//posters/2008_Spring/03_LS.pdf\n\nP
	art of the Physics Department Colloquia Series.\n\nAbstract: Fusion powers 
	the sun and stars and is potentially an environmentally responsible and int
	rinsically safe source of limitless energy.  The Joint European Torus (JET)
	 has produced 16 MW of fusion power.  Construction  is about to begin on it
	s successor\, a prototype the size of power station called ITER (Internatio
	nal Tokamak Experimental Reactor).  It should produce at least 500 MW.  Fur
	ther work on fusion technologies is needed\, including construction of an I
	nternational Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility (IFMIF) which would veri
	fy that materials could stand up to years of intense neutron bombardment in
	 a fusion power station.  Fusion's potential attractions are limitless fuel
	 and the absence of both green house gas and long-lived radioactive by-prod
	ucts.  The economics suggest that the time has come to develop fusion as ra
	pidly as reasonably possible.  The status of fusion energy development will
	 be described\, along with the outstanding challenges\, the remaining steps
	\, and the timetable.
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