The pathway to delivering fusion power
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Fusion offers the potential to provide continuous, safe and low-carbon power.

However, there remain technical challenges to overcome to realise fusion as well as various other enabling measures which will be needed to make fusion a reality as soon as possible.

In this talk, Professor Ian Chapman, CEO of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, will begin by explaining the UK government strategy to delivering fusion and setting this in the context of other major fusion programmes internationally. It will then describe the major technical challenges required to deliver a magnetic fusion powerplant and give a brief overview of some of the key deliverables and discoveries that will be required on that pathway. An overview of recent major discoveries in the field will be presented together with a future outlook for the pathway to delivering fusion power.
Date: 13 October 2022, 17:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2022)
Venue: Oxford Martin School, 34 Broad Street OX1 3BD
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Professor Ian Chapman (UK Atomic Energy Authority)
Organising department: Oxford Martin School
Organiser: Clara Bowyer (University of Oxford, Oxford Martin School)
Organiser contact email address: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Host: Professor Sir Charles Godfrey (Director, Oxford Martin School and Professor of Population Biology, University of Oxford)
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/the-pathway-to-delivering-fusion/
Booking email: events@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Cost: Free
Audience: Public
Editor: Clara Bowyer