Nuclear Fusion Jacob Gase, Evan Sohl, James Vetter “Nuclear Explosion HD Photo.” Background Wallpaper HD, bgwall.net/nuclear-explosion-hd-photo-bgwall.html. What is Nuclear ● Nuclear Fusion is the fusion of two nuclei to form a heavier nucleus.5 Fusion? ● This occurs when the atoms are heated to an extremely high temperature and change state from a gas into plasma.5 ● This increases the speed at which the atoms are moving and allows them to overcome the repulsive electrostatic forces of the nuclei.5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GC8lpLvrEg 8 “Harnessing Fusion – Bottling the Sun.” IEEE-SEECS Blog, 4 Nov. 2014, ieeeseecs.wordpress.com/2014/10/15/harnessi ng-fusion-bottling-the-sun/. The Relevance of Nuclear Fusion ● Almost a limitless amount of energy if nuclear fusion is implemented2 ● Described as the most effective, clean, and safe energy production method4 ● Emits little to no radiation4 ● Nuclear Engineers, Energy Companies/Producers, Everyone The History of Nuclear Fusion5 ● 1920’s - Nuclear fusion = stars? ● 1930’s - Theory proven; fusion = stars ● 1940’s - Fission device fusion reactor; Plasma first created. ● 1950’s - Tokomak reactors; The Hydrogen bomb proposed; First thermonuclear weapon tested; The Zeta reactor ● 1970’s - World’s first laser induced fusion reaction. ● 1990’s - Design starts on the ITER reactor ● 2000’s - Multiple reactors are created, multiple countries increase focus on ITER. “Spectacular Nasa Video Shows Giant Plasma Eruption On The Sun.” World News, wn.com/spectacular_nasa_video_shows_giant_plasma_eruption_on_the_sun. ● What is currently in use?1 ● Whats successful ● How widespread is this?9 ● Plasma heating 9 ● Magnetic confinement1 ● the commercialism and implementation “ITER: the World's Largest Tokamak.” ITER, www.iter.org/mach. Future Research ● What do we need to continue research ● What challenges are faced [1] ● New/emerging technologies [3] ● MIT and ARC [6] ● High temperature superconducting coils [6] ● Dynomak technology [7] Summary ● Nuclear technology has come a long way. From fission to fusion, the possibilities become nearly endless ● Questions @newscientist. "China Spends Big on Nuclear Fusion as French Plan Falls behind." New Scientist. N.p., 23 July 2015. Web. 15 Nov. 2016. Bibliography 1 Costley, A. E. (2016). On the fusion triple product and fusion power gain of tokamak pilot plants and reactors. Nuclear Fusion, 56(6), 066003. 2 Hibbert, Lee. “Energy: Nuclear Fusion.” Professional Engineering Magazine 28.9 (2015): 30. Web. 04 Oct. 2016. 3 Inada, S., Shinagawa, K., Illias, S. B., Sumiya, H., & Jalaludin, H. A. (2016). Micro-bubble emission boiling with the cavitation bubble blow pit. Scientific Reports, 6. 4 Verberck, Bart, and Andrea Taroni. "Nuclear Fusion." Nature Physics (2016): 12. Web. 04 Oct. 2016. 5McCracken, Garry, Stott, and Peter. Complementary Science : Fusion : The Energy of the Universe. 2nd ed.: Academic Press, 2012. ProQuest. Web. 4 Oct. 2016. 6Mearian, Lucas. "MIT Takes a Page from Tony Stark, Edges Closer to an ARC Fusion Reactor (+video)." Computerworld. Computerworld, 03 Feb. 2016. Web. 15 Nov. 2016. 7By Graham Templeton on November 27, 2014 at 9:17 Am Comment. "The New Dynomak Fusion Reactor Design Could Make Fusion Power Cheaper than Coal - ExtremeTech." ExtremeTech. N.p., 27 Nov. 2014. Web. 15 Nov. 2016. 8DNewsChannel. “Is Fusion Energy Close To Becoming A Reality?” YouTube, YouTube, 25 Oct. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gc8lplvreg. 9 “ITER: the World's Largest Tokamak.” ITER, www.iter.org/mach..