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Fusion: Basic Principles, Current Progress and ITER Plans
Mohamed Abdou
Distinguished Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
Director, Center for Energy Science and Technology Advanced Research (CESTAR)
Director, Fusion Science and Technology Center
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Incentives for Developing Fusion
Fusion powers the Sun and the stars
It is now within reach for use on Earth
In the fusion process lighter elements are “fused” together, making heavier elements and producing prodigious amounts of energy
Fusion offers very attractive features:
Sustainable energy source
(for DT cycle; provided that Breeding Blankets are successfully developed)
No emission of Greenhouse or other polluting gases
No risk of a severe accident
No long-lived radioactive waste
Fusion energy can be used to produce electricity and hydrogen, and for desalination
