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STAR POWER - ALAIN BÉCOULET GEBUNDEN

A concise and accessible explanation of the science and technology behind the domestication of
nuclear fusion energy. Nuclear fusion research tells us that the Sun uses one gram of hydrogen
to make as much energy as can be obtained by burning eight tons of petroleum. If nuclear
fusion-the process that makes the stars shine-could be domesticated for commercial energy
production  the world would gain an inexhaustible source of energy that neither depletes
natural resources nor produces greenhouse gases. In Star Power  Alan Bécoulet offers a concise
and accessible primer on fusion energy  explaining the science and technology of nuclear fusion
and describing the massive international scientific effort to achieve commercially viable
fusion energy. Bécoulet draws on his work as Head of Engineering at ITER (International
Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) to explain how scientists are trying to put the sun in a
box. He surveys the history of nuclear power  beginning with post-World War II efforts to use
atoms for peaceful purposes and describes how energy is derived from fusion  explaining that
the essential principle of fusion is based on the capacity of nucleons (protons and neutrons)
to assemble and form structures (atomic nuclei) in spite of electrical repulsion between
protons  which all have a positive charge. He traces the evolution of fusion research and
development  mapping the generation of electric current though fusion. The ITER project marks a
giant step in the development of fusion energy  with the potential to demonstrate the
feasibility of a nuclear fusion reactor. Star Power offers an introduction to what may be the
future of energy production.

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