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Nuclear Fusion – within our time? Free

Thursday 29 7.00pmJanuary
2015

Talk

Bargeman's Rest

Little London Quay
Newport,

01983 525828

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Nuclear Fusion – within our time? Free

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The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Isle of Wight Section present the following event at the Bargeman's Rest in Newport (Upstairs function room - Please do not use the 'Box Office' telephone number that is shown. On-line registration is encouraged {Click the 'Book Tickets' button}):

Nuclear Fusion – within our time?

Robin Stafford Allen, FIMechE, Culham Centre for Fusion Energy

An expected rise in global population and better living standards could lead to a two to fourfold increase in energy consumption this century. At present, over 80% of the developed world's energy comes from fossil fuels. Environmental problems – the greenhouse effect and the effects of acidic pollution – and diminishing fuel supplies mean that reliance on coal, gas and oil will have to be severely constrained.

Fusion, the process powering the sun, offers the possibility of a secure, long-term source of supply, with important advantages. These include: no production of greenhouse gases from the fusion process; no longlived radioactive waste; inherent safety features; and almost unlimited fuel supplies. Fusion, therefore, could have a key role to play in the energy market of the future, with the potential to produce at least 20% of the world's electricity by 2100.

The talk “Nuclear Fusion – within our time?” outlines the problem with energy supply for the coming century. It then explains the principles and techniques used in fusion research reactors at CCFE to work toward a usable and realistic energy source explained in an accessible and understandable way.