For many reasons, fusion power is seen by many as the long-term universal power source, it is an effectively inexhaustible supply of fuel. Fusion does not generate atmospheric pollutants like fossil fuel or as much radioactive waste results from fission plants. I am also interested in exploring how economically competitive with other forms of power, and whether it will be cheaper than traditional forms of power.

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Posted at Apr 10/2005 12:46 PM:
eddie huang:

• "Experimental Fusion Project" http://www.iter.org/index.htm
• "Atomic and molecular physics issues in current thermonuclear fusion research" R.K. Janev
• "Special issues of Nuclear fusion: a gradual change towards more technology" editor F.C. Schuller.
• "Studies of breakeven prices and electricity supply potentials of nuclear fusion by a long-term world energy and environmental model" by many scholars in Japan.
• "Overview of US heavy ion fusion research" by many scholars in US

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Posted at Apr 15/2005 07:36 AM:
Peter Saeta: My uninformed guess is that the economics are really tough to imagine when the demonstration that power actually comes out is still in the future. On the other hand, you can probably get some traction on what progress has been made, how far we still have to go, and what the energy potential is. I think it would be interesting to speculate on the economics, but I'm not sure that should represent the bulk of the paper.

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