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Fusion energy has the potential to be one of the most important scientific breakthroughs. Physicist Ian Chapman explores the challenges in nuclear fusion and explains how the international ITER project hopes to demonstrate that fusion energy can be realised here on Earth.
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Ian Chapman received his MSc in Mathematics and Physics from Durham University in 2004 and his PhD in plasma physics from Imperial College London in 2008. He joined Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in 2004, rising to become the Head of Tokamak Science in 2014. He now leads a team of 100 scientists in both experimental plasma physics, primarily on MAST and JET but also collaborating worldwide on other fusion facilities, and theory and modelling research. Before that, from 2010-2014 he led the Stability programme within Tokamak Science.
His research has been recognised with a number of international awards, including the European Physical Society Early Career Prize in 2014, the Institute of Physics Paterson Medal (Best Early Career Physicist in Applied Physics) in 2013, the IUPAP Plasma Physics Young Scientist Prize in 2012 and the Cavendish Medal for Best early-career UK physicist awarded by SET for Britain in 2011.
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use a material that can handle higher temperatures?
This guy gives a really good talk, he should do more of it
consult david adair he has already done it
Fusion core It like a lava lamp with plazma holding magnetic feald.
Why there are only olders? where are the young people?
so fusion works, it's just an economic and bureaucratic issue?
Magnetically confined fusion is garbage. If we want a future powered by fusion then we have to come up with better stuff than garbage like the Tokamak.
50 years ago, it was 30 years away, and still is.
First things first, we should stop breeding, FFS!
I would love to see what they could get with a Rodin or POE coil.
I thought the hottest place was the ITF
21:10 Water analogy no. Liquid H2O at 0 Celsius to 100 Celsius maybe about 1000 Calories / 1000 grams degree Celsius. Now somehow the latent heat of vaporization of liquid H2O at 100 Celsius is related plasma.
sorry mate, if ur not that tyson bloke or kaku bloke, i dont understand a word
next is my presentation on warp drives. i want 500 quintillion dollars.
lah blah blah blah …
My question really revolves around heat exchange. The operation of the device seems to require that the magnetic field remain intact and not grounded, but as soon as you involve a medium to exchange the heat to provide mechanical usefulness out of the reactor it gets grounded. Unless you plan on electrons being a product and using them directly it would seem that they couldn't possibly use this reactor in a useful way.
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What if you have a disruption at commercial power levels?
I agree that it’s always 30 years away. No energy corporation would ever fund a research about how it will end its own existence. No, we don’t need bigger machines, but bigger brains. The Russians have already figured it out, nuclear fission-fusion hybrid and transmutation of elements. Eliminate the monetary system based in Switzerland and London – that’s the only way to move forward. To the salesman feature in the video, thank you for the entertainment. Now, let's get back to Tesla technologies.
He hopes industry gets excited at that point, I'm hoping humanity gets excited about the revolutionary futre that brings, gets it's arse into gear & finally colonises the solar system, & take ourselves 1 step closer to resource independance
Great video
How much energy do you have to supply to the system in order to create a strong enough magnetic field?
What if you reverse the polarity on the outside magnetic field? The inside to draw the plasma in; and the outside magnetic field to repell the plasma.
That's "The Christmas Lectures" desk, isn't it?
" A good turn out tonight, looking around the audience, I can safely say there is a very high probability that one of you won't be here with us by the end! But don't let that deter you, it's completely reasonable you all attending!" Ian Chapman is probably pleased his efforts have been broadcast on YouTube to those that may actually get some wisdom that they can use in their careers and may actually understand the difference of molecular plasma and a plasma television set!
2 and 1/2 Year later…
Still 30 Years away…
What we call the "Sun" is an electrostatic rear projection of photons being emitted onto our wonderful Firmament, while it circles within its natural electromagnetic circuit above our heads within this enclosed & level World of ours! The so-called "Sun" has absolutely NOTHING to do with "fusion" energy or any nuclear phenomenon of any kind whatsoever!! Our "Sun" is purely an ELECTRICAL phenomenon.
This evil world is NOT run on PRACTICALITY… but on all of the principals of money!! Selfish, greedy, jealous money!! What's so practical about that?!!!
I wonder if Quantum Computer can be used to help optimize control of the magnets in Fusion Reactor that control Plasma.
What's the deal with some individuals aggressively not looking at the slides on the screen during a presentation? Every now and again ill see a video and someone just won't look.
The 1st fission reactor worked on the 1st try, fusion is 30 years away.
When Broly…?