@article{63eadd75b2894c2d8a493cd065df9cac,
title = "FUSION ENERGY.",
abstract = "A discussion is given on the state of research on fusion reactors: the basic physics of fusion versus fission; ultimate fusion: clean, safe, and abundant; near-term fusion: radioactive tritium; inertially-confined plasmas; confinement by a magnetic bottle; toroids: tokamaks and stellarators; scientific breakeven expected in 1986; pulsing as a major drawback; and alternative confinement concepts.",
author = "Ruzic, {David Neil}",
note = "compare them with those of other advanced or renewable energy sources. The consensus is that the costs foreseen for fusion would be competitive with most renewables and with fossil fuels, when the externalities (environmental costs) are taken into consideration. In contrast to renewables, however, fusion has the advantage of being able to provide base load electricity, without additional cost for storage. Among the studies carried out on long-term energy scenarios, one of particular interest was performed by the Netherlands Energy Research Foundation. Its alm was to find the cheapest discounted way to generate Western Europe's electricity up to 2100, taking into account a range of constraints on cumulative carbon dioxide emission budgets, on limits applied to the power share of nuclear fission (to reflect social acceptance difficulties) and on the speed with which fusion power could be deployed. This study shows that fusion would capture roughly twenty to twenty five percent of the electricity market by the end of the century under these constraints. Satisfying the energy demand without fusion would be more expensive.",
year = "1984",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "26",
pages = "88--96",
journal = "Research and Development (Barrington, Illinois)",
issn = "0746-9179",
publisher = "Advantage Business Media",
number = "6",
}