Abstract
Controlled thermonuclear fusion has the potential of providing an environmentally friendly and
inexhaustible energy source for mankind. Fusion energy, which powers our sun and the stars, is released
when light elements, such as the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium, fuse together. This occurs at
very high temperature where all matter is in the plasma state as the involved energies are orders of
magnitude higher than typical chemical binding energies. It is one of the great science and engineering
challenges to construct a viable power plant based on fusion energy.
Fusion research is a world-wide international collaboration and is in a crucial new phase with the
construction of the international fusion experimental reactor, ITER, in Cadarache, France, which will be
largest energy experiment in the world, and a milestone on the way to fusion energy. The recently adopted
European Roadmap to fusion energy aims at feeding the first energy into nets by 2050.The section for
Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy, PPFE, at DTU Physics is a partner in the European fusion program:
EUROfusion, which is organized and funded through the Horison2020. PPFE also delivers specific diagnostic
equipment to ITER
The presentation will discuss the present status of the fusion energy research and review the EU Roadmap
towards a fusion power plant. Further the cost of fusion energy is assessed as well as how it can be
integrated in the distributed energy system
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Abstract Book - DTU Sustain Conference 2014 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Place of Publication | Kgs. Lyngby |
| Publisher | Technical University of Denmark |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | DTU Sustain Conference 2014 - Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark Duration: 17 Dec 2014 → 17 Dec 2014 http://www.sustain.dtu.dk/ |
Conference
| Conference | DTU Sustain Conference 2014 |
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| Location | Technical University of Denmark |
| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Lyngby |
| Period | 17/12/2014 → 17/12/2014 |
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