| Issue |
Reflets phys.
2024
The Energy Transition - The challenges of defossilisation
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| Page(s) | 104 - 111 | |
| Section | Some defossilisation avenues currently being explored | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/refdp/2024s104 | |
| Published online | 30 septembre 2024 | |
Nuclear fusion by magnetic confinement: advances, challenges and prospects
Professeur émérite, Institut Jean Lamour, Campus Artem, Université de Lorraine 2 allée André Guinier, BP 50840, 54011 Nancy Cedex
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Abstract
Mastering fusion energy would offer a low-carbon energy resource of major interest. With ITER, the experimental reactor under construction at Cadarache, research will enter a decisive phase.
This article describes the principles of nuclear fusion by magnetic confinement, the steps taken up to the ITER project, and its objectives. The future of fusion depends on other research currently underway, in particular the choice of the optimum magnetic configuration. The implementation of breakthrough technologies, particularly in the field of materials, could also prove decisive for the future of fusion.
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