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Q&A: What will it take to bring fusion energy to the US power grid?
- A multinational fusion energy project based in southern France is aiming to prove the feasibility of fusion power as a sustainable energy source by the year 2035.
- ITER results from decades of global collaboration to replicate the Sun's fusion process by heating plasma to temperatures exceeding the solar core.
- Key components like the six-module Central Solenoid magnet system, capable of levitating an aircraft carrier, will sustain plasma long enough for fusion reactions.
- Fusion research improved plasma performance 10,000 times over 60 years and now stands less than tenfold from power plant requirements, targeting 500 megawatts output using 50 megawatts input.
- Despite technical challenges and delays, fusion energy success could provide carbon-free power supporting sustainability and complementing solar and wind energy sources.
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Q&A: What will it take to bring fusion energy to the US power grid?
Arianna Gleason is an award-winning scientist at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory who studies matter in its most extreme forms—from roiling magma in the center of our planet to the conditions inside the heart of distant stars. During Fusion Energy Week, Gleason discussed the current state of fusion energy research and how SLAC is helping push the field forward.
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