Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy; Fifty Years of Magnetic Confinement Fusion Research--A retrospective. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy, Geneva, 1 September - 13 September 1958
Vienna, Austria: United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, 2008. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Pamphlet and DVD. Booklet (30 pages, illustrated) and DVD in a slipcase. Slipcase shows some wear but pamphlet and DVD/case are very good or better. Even though the American scientist Langmuir first discovered the plasma (a collection of charged particles; meaning ?moldable substance? in Greek) in 1929, fusion was not pursued as a potential source of energy until the early 1950s. Today, fusion is the most significant application of plasma. After the 1956 sensational report by I.V. Kurchatov (at the Harwell campus in England) on the possibility of thermonuclear reactions in gaseous discharge, 105 papers on plasma physics and controlled thermonuclear fusion were submitted to the 1958 2nd Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy held by the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. During the early 1950s, the major nuclear power countries at that time (Soviet Union, UK, and US) were actively involved in fusion research. There were only four magnetic confinement fusion concepts pursued internationally: tokamak, stellarator, pinch, and mirror. Since the early 1970s, numerous fusion designs have been developed for the four original and three new approaches: spherical torus, field-reversed configuration, and spheromak. At present, the tokamak is regarded worldwide as the most viable candidate to demonstrate fusion energy generation. Numerous power plant studies, extensive R&D programs, more than 100 operating experiments, and an impressive international collaboration led to the current wealth of fusion information and understanding. Fusion promises to be a major part of the energy mix in the 21st century. The fusion roadmaps developed to date take different approaches, depending on the anticipated power plant concept and the degree of extrapolation beyond ITER. Demos with differing approaches will be built in the US, EU, Japan, China, Russia, and other countries to cover the wide range of near-term and advanced fusion systems. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Magnetic Confinement Fusion, Tokamak, Stellarator, Pinch, Magnetic Mirror, Fusion Energy, Fusion Power, Power Plant, Electricity Generation, Energy Generation
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