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SUMMARY:A fusion power plant — why not - Dr. Justin Ball\, Swiss Federal
  Institute of Technology Swiss Plasma Center
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CONTACT:Tommy Tai
DESCRIPTION:Talks on nuclear fusion power tend to focus on the possibiliti
 es and the promise: a safe\, sustainable\, non-intermittent\, carbon-neutr
 al energy supply. This one will not. Instead we will take a deep dive into
  the limitations of our own understanding\, exploring how what seems to be
  a classical physics problem has resisted a $60 billion international R&D 
 effort. We will encounter many difficulties. Some will be elegant and pure
 \, like isolated plasma turbulence in a magnetic field\, while others will
  involve the engineering technicalities of fields such as material science
  and applied superconductivity. Yet\, when we intermix all these difficult
 ies and constraints in trying to design a magnetic confinement fusion powe
 r plant\, we'll arrive at a conclusion that just might merit some optimism
 .\n\nAbout the speaker: Justin Ball is an American scientist studying theo
 retical plasma physics and nuclear fusion energy. He works at the Swiss Pl
 asma Center\, a fusion laboratory within the Swiss Federal Institute of Te
 chnology in Lausanne. His research primarily focuses on the effect of plas
 ma shaping on turbulence in tokamaks. Additionally\, he is an avid fusion 
 science communicator via magazine articles\, lectures\, and podcasts. In 2
 019\, he and Jason Parisi published a popular science book titled The Futu
 re of Fusion Energy.
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Ro
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