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SUMMARY:The Scientific Challenges of Fusion Power - Prof. Steven Cowley\, 
 Corpus Christi College\, Oxford
DTSTART:20171030T193000Z
DTEND:20171030T210000Z
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CONTACT:John Cook
DESCRIPTION:*Imagine holding a lump of jelly - the plasma - with a few pie
 ces of knitting - a magnetic field - and the plasma is ten times hotter th
 an the core of the sun\, while the magnets are held within a few degrees o
 f absolute zero\, and you have some idea of the materials challenge...*\n\
 nFusion is in many ways the perfect energy source. It is abundant\, sustai
 nable\, safe and it has minimal environmental impact. We have been able to
  make substantial amounts of Fusion power (16MW) in JET at Culham laborato
 ry. But we have not yet achieved a self sustained fusion burn. In this lec
 ture\, Prof. Cowley will review the challenges and the advances in technol
 ogy that would help fusion become a commercial technology.\n\nProfessor St
 even Cowley FRS\, FREng is a leading theoretical physicist\, with a partic
 ular interest in nuclear fusion. He is has just taken over as President of
  Corpus Christi College and joined the Physics Department at Oxford. Prior
  to this\, he was CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority\, based at Culham\
 , Oxfordshire\, leader of the laboratory there and part-time Professor at 
 Imperial College\, London. He also has a long and distinguished career at 
 Princeton and UCLA behind him. Professor Cowley acts as an adviser to gove
 rnment\, but also finds time to speak in schools\; he has made a number of
  media appearances\, including a very popular TED talk on fusion power.\n\
 n"Add to calendar":https://www.addevent.com/event/?eA561334\n\n"Find out a
 bout CSAR membership":http://www.csar.org.uk/membership/\n\n
LOCATION:The Wolfson Hall\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Cambridge\,
  CB3 0DS
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