[Peakoil] Fusion Tech Talk Tomorrow (for Alex)

[Adrian Whitehead]

Seminar
Energy R&D in Europe, Fusion Energy and the ITER Project 
On May 24, 2006 representatives of the countries involved initialled an
international agreement for the next step in fusion research and
development. This agreement, between countries representing over half the
world’s population, is to construct and operate a large experimental device,
ITER (which is Latin for 'the way') which should “demonstrate the scientific
and technological feasibility of fusion energy for peaceful purposes”. 

In this lecture, Dr Green will discuss the issue of energy, the fusion
process and its advantages as a source of energy, the nature and history of
fusion research and development which makes ITER the next, logical step on
the path to developing a fusion power-producing reactor. He will also
present the status of the ITER project, highlight important scientific
advances and challenges, and outline the future of fusion power development.


About the speaker

Dr Barry Green holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of
Sydney involving close collaboration with experimental studies of plasma
(the state of matter of fusion fuel) in the School of Physics. After a
post-doctoral assignment at Princeton University in the USA, he held a
research position in fusion at the Max-Planck Institute for Plasmaphysics in
Garching near Munich, Germany. In 1973, Barry was seconded to work on the
design, construction and operation of the European fusion experiment, JET,
located near Oxford in the United Kingdom. He was the JET Engineer in Charge
on November 1991 when JET produced the first significant amount of fusion
power ever in a man-made device. From 1993–2003 he was a member of the ITER
international design team at its Joint Work Site in Japan. This
international team prepared the design of the device, the construction of
which has been now been formally agreed by the representatives of the
governments of the seven parties involved (China, Europe, Korea, India,
Japan, Russia, and the USA).

Since March 2003 he has worked in the Directorate General Research of the
European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, in the Directorate of Energy and
is specifically involved with the European fusion research and development
program. The Directorate of Energy directs all the European
Commission-supported energy research programs.

Speaker/Host:  Dr Barry Green 
Venue:  Mills Room, Chancelry Building 
Date:  Friday, 11 August 2006 
Time:  10:30 AM - 11:30 PM 
Website:  http://www.feast.org/?diary&ID=230 
Enquiries:  Jean-Francois Desvignes-Hicks on 6125 7884  
 

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