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Unconventional Approaches to Fusion

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  • © 1982

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Editors:
  1. Bruno Brunelli

    1. National Commission for Nuclear Energy, Frascati, Italy

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  2. G. G. Leotta

    1. Fusion Program, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

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Part of the book series: Ettore Majorana International Science Series (EMISS, volume 13)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Opening Talk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. What is an Alternative?

      • R. Carruthers
      Pages 3-13

  3. Potentials of Fusion Reactor Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Alternate Fusion Concepts as Reactors

      • N. A. Krall
      Pages 17-38

    3. Criteria for the Assessment of Reactor Potential

      • R. Carruthers
      Pages 39-45

    4. The Tokamak an Imperfect Frame of Reference?

      • K.-H. Schmitter
      Pages 47-70

  4. Compact Tori and Plasma Focus

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. Fusion Reactor Aspects of the Compact Torus

      • C. W. Hartman
      Pages 73-93

    3. The Spheromak

      • M. Okabayashi, Spheromak Study Group
      Pages 95-134

    4. The Extrap Concept

      • B. Lehnert
      Pages 135-155

    5. The Plasma Focus

      • J. P. Rager
      Pages 157-192

    6. Some Results of Plasma Focus Studies

      • V. M. Korzhavin
      Pages 193-207

  5. Linear Systems and Particle Rings

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Long Linear Fusion Systems

      • G. C. Vlases
      Pages 211-231

    3. Reminiscences on Inertial Confinement

      • J. G. Linhart
      Pages 233-245

    4. Some Remarks on Inertial Confinement of Very-High-Density Plasmas

      • J. G. Linhart
      Pages 247-255

    5. The Linus Concept

      • A. E. Robson
      Pages 257-279

    6. The High Density Z-Pinch as a Fusion Reactor

      • M. G. Haines
      Pages 281-294

    7. “Z-Pinch-Liner” Thermonuclear System

      • S. G. Alikhanov
      Pages 295-299
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About this book

The Erice International School of Fusion Reactor Techno­ logy held its 1981 course on « Unconventional Approaches to Fusion » in combination with the IAEA Technical Committee meeting on « Critical Analysis of Alternative Fusion Concepts ». The two events took place in the second half of March with an overlap of a few days only. The present proceedings include the first week's papers; those presented during the second week will be summarised in Nuclear Fusion. Right from the beginning of the course, and in particular In R. Carruthers' opening talk, it was clear that an uncon­ ventional approach was considered stimulating insofar as its con­ ception presented advantageous aspects with respect to the To­ kamak. Indeed the Tokamak was recognized as an « imper­ fect frame of reference» (K. H. Schmitter) in the sense that, al­ though it deserves to be considered as a frame of reference for the other devices because it is the most advanced in the scientific demonstration of controlled thermonuclear fusion, as a fusion reactor, however, the Tokamak does not seem to be completely satisfactory either from an economic or from an operational point of view, if compared with that « enticing ogre », the proven fission reactor (less enticing to the public). Comparison of a Tokamak reactor with a PWR can be founded on considerations of such a basic nature that it becomes almost automatic to ask how far the various unconventional ap­ proaches to fusion are exempt from the Tokamak's drawbacks.

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Commission for Nuclear Energy, Frascati, Italy

    Bruno Brunelli

  • Fusion Program, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium

    G. G. Leotta

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unconventional Approaches to Fusion

  • Editors: Bruno Brunelli, G. G. Leotta

  • Series Title: Ettore Majorana International Science Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3470-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1982

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-3472-9Published: 26 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3470-5Published: 08 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 526

  • Number of Illustrations: 89 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Nuclear Energy

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