Magnetic Fusion Technology [Paperback]

Magnetic Fusion Technology describes the technologies that are required for successful development of nuclear fusion power plants using strong magnetic fields. These technologies include: magnet systems, plasma heating systems, control systems, energy conversion systems, advanced materials development, vacuum systems, cryogenic systems, plasma diagnostics, safety systems, and power plant design studies. Magnetic Fusion Technology will be useful to students and to specialists working in energy research.

Revised throughout in response to advances in the field since its first edition, this text describes the technologies needed to generate power in nuclear fusion plants using strong magnetic fields, from the magnets themselves to cryogenic and safety systems.

Technology Issues.- Pulsed and Water-Cooled Magnets.- Superconducting Magnets.- Plasma Heating and Current Drive.- First Wall, Blanket, and Shield.- Control Systems.-Materials Issues.- Vacuum Systems.- Cryogenic Systems.- Plasma Diagnostic Systems.- Safety and Environment.- Power Plant Designs.- Fusion-Fission Hybrids.?

Thomas J. Dolan's work has been in plasma confinement by magnetic fields, plasma diagnostics, and fusion power plant design studies. He developed three courses at the University of Missouri-Rolla on fusion research principles, fusion experiments, and fusion technology, which became the first edition of this book. Since then he has worked at national laboratories, universities, and in industry (Phillips Petroleum Company) on fusion research and other nuclear topics. As Head of the Physics Section of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) he helped facilitate international cooperation in fusion research, including organization of the semi-annual IAEA Fusion Energy Conferences. Since then he has taught courses on fusion research at the University of Illinois, in China, and in India.

Ralph W. Moir received his B.S. in Engineering Phyl$