Power From Fusion, Pt 2 - The Problem Of Containment

Year Published: 1965

Creator: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Describes the theory of the fusion process and the nature of a plasma. Defines the required conditions in terms of the temperature and the density times time product for the containment of the plasma. Illustrates a number of experiments, starting with the pinch effect, and considers in detail the instabilities which arise. Considers the thetatron system, followed by magnetic cages and the Phoenix experiment. Warns that although the major instabilities appear to have been overcome, other less violent instabilities may now be revealed.

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