New film on fusion research

Status and prospects of fusion research / a look into the year 2100

The futuristic lesson is backed up with documentary photos and animations and gives the viewer an entertaining survey of the principles, development and status of fusion research. Like the sun, a fusion power plant is to derive energy from fusion of atomic nuclei. To ignite the fusion fire one has to succeed in confining the fuel, a hydrogen plasma, in magnetic fields and heating it to temperatures of over 100 million degrees. The next step in world-wide fusion research on the way to this almost inexhaustible energy source is the ITER international test reactor, construction of which is to begin next year at Cadarache, France.

The film is available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish and can be viewed on the internet and downloaded free of charge.

Isabella Milch