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by Dr. John Parmentola Senior Vice President Energy and Advanced Concepts Presented at the

The Path to Net Electricity for Magnetic Fusion. by Dr. John Parmentola Senior Vice President Energy and Advanced Concepts Presented at the American Security Project Fusion Event June 5, 2012. DEMO. ITER. Worldwide Research Has Advanced Fusion to the Goal of Sustained Ignition.

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by Dr. John Parmentola Senior Vice President Energy and Advanced Concepts Presented at the

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  1. The Path to Net Electricity for Magnetic Fusion by Dr. John Parmentola Senior Vice President Energy and Advanced Concepts Presented atthe American Security Project Fusion Event June 5, 2012

  2. DEMO ITER Worldwide Research Has Advanced Fusion to the Goal of Sustained Ignition • Many orders of magnitude (a factor of one trillion) improvement have been achieved over 40 years • Significant fusion power (> 10 MW) already demonstrated ITER will demonstrate a 500 MW sustained fusion plasma

  3. U.S. Domestic Program Provides Powerful Capabilities to Address Key ITER Issues • Extreme plasma shaping • Large fraction of energetic particles • High ratio of thermal to magnetic pressure • ¼ scale prototype of ITER • Can reproduce ITER operating regimes • Extensive diagnostics NSTX DIII-D Together: • Develop physics solutions critical to ITER success • Establish more robust performance scaling trends • Provide a fuller physics picture through complementary measurement techniques • ITER-level magnetic field • Reactor relevant metal wall • Reactor-like power density Alcator CMOD

  4. U.S. Path to Net Electricity Requires Talented People and a New Facility A gifted and talented workforce is required to support & exploit ITER NSTX FNSF PowerPlant DIII-D • Fusion Nuclear Science Facility (FNSF) challenges: • - High performance, steady-state operation • - Makes its own fuel • - Materials for extreme environments ITER Alcator CMOD

  5. ITER Site Construction Progresses Concrete Walls & Anti-Seismic Pit Concrete Work for Tokamak Complex PF Coil Winding Building PF Coil Spreader Beam 1

  6. Plan to Net Electricity Success in ITER and FNSF would enable DEMO construction to begin in next decade!

  7. Summary • U.S. investment over 40 years has led the world in realizing fusion energy • ITER, the largest experiment in human history involving 6 nations (US, China, India, S. Korea, Japan and Russia) and the EU, is the next major step • U.S. domestic program is essential in realizing the success of ITER and fusion energy in the next decade

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