Fusion Post–ignition Opportunities Alberta Fusion Project 25 October 2013 Early Fusion Skeptics Daily Fuel Requirements – 1000 MW A 1000 MW A 1000 MW Coal-Fired Plant: Fusion Plant: Enough to power ~ 500,000 Enough to power ~ 500,000 homes homes Consumes: Consumes: 9,000 tons of coal (~ 90 rail cars) 1 lb. of deuterium 3 lbs. of lithium-6 (1.5 lbs. of Produces: tritium) 30,000 tons of CO2 Produces: 600 tons of SO2 2 lbs. of helium-4 80 tons of NO 2 0.5 lbs. of neutrons Post Ignition Fusion Plants Plant evolution • Market entry plant (1000 MW) – 10 years • Second plant (1000 MW) – 15 years • Mature plant (1625 MW) – 20-25 years(fleet) Approaches • ITER - magnetic • LIFE – inertial NIF • HiPER – inertial Europe Technologies • Mature – 59% • Analogous systems – 15% • Unique to fusion – 26% Magnetic – ITER / JET ITER Economic Spin-offs • Engineering – civil, mechanical, electrical • Computer modeling • Plasma technology and instrumentation • Power supplies • Coils and magnets • Cryogenic systems • High energy data capture • Vacuum vessels and systems • Advanced materials • Remote handling • Nuclear systems • Neutron beam and microwave systems Source: Culham poster Inertial – NIF / LMJ NIF - LIFE Commercialization of LIFE • 152,200 – 417,400 jobs • $17.7 - $47.7 billion GDP http://www.oxfordeconomics.com/my-oxford/projects/129038 LMJ Economic Spin-offs LMJ Economic Spin-offs LMJ Economic Spin-offs HiPER 4,400 employees • Laser driven neutron sources • Laser sources • High energy physics • Semiconductor lasers • Optical measurements • Photo-multipliers • Photo-sensors 100 people on IFE • Target fabrication • Injection • Tracking • Chamber technology • Shock Mitigation • Heat Handling • Thermo-chemical storage Tokamak Solutions • Tri-Alpha - p-B Fusion • Lockheed Martin Skunk Works • General Fusion – hybrid of magnetic and inertial Material Science International Centre for Fusion? • High Power lasers (diverse applications) • Precision Optics and Opto-electronics • Photonics • Sensors, instrumentation, data processing • Nanotechnology (targets, chamber materials) • Supercomputer modelling (AI) • Particle beam production (medical applications) • High density Physics (astrophysics) Questions? .