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Science in Fusion Technology

R. E. Nygren

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 61 / Number 1T / January 2012 / Pages 52-57

Fusion / Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Conference on Emerging Nuclear Energy Systems / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST12-A13396

This paper presents examples from work in developing the technology needed for fusion. The purpose is to illustrate how our research ranges from very basic investigations to more directed applications. The paper draws primarily from work by others on the critical goals of extracting heat in a useful way from a fusion reactor and producing and handling tritium as a self-sufficient fuel.