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DTSTART:20091030T210000Z
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LOCATION:2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm)
SUMMARY:50 Years of Fusion Research\, Physics Department Colloquium\, 
 Dale M. Meade\, Fusion Innovation Research and Energy\, Princeton\, NJ
DESCRIPTION:Fusion energy research began in the early 1950s as scienti
 sts worked to harness the awesome power of the atom for peaceful purpo
 ses.  There was early optimism for a quick solution for fusion energy 
 as there had been for fission.  However\, this was soon tempered by re
 ality as the difficulty of producing and confining fusion fuel at temp
 eratures of 100 million degC in the laboratory was appreciated.  Fusio
 n research has followed two main paths - inertial confinement fusion a
 nd magnetic confinement fusion.  Over the past 50 years\, there has be
 en remarkable progress with both approaches\, and now each has a solid
  technical foundation that has led to the construction of major facili
 ties that are aimed at demonstrating fusion energy producing plasmas.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1534
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