BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-// BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:19700329T010000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:19701025T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Cambridge University Physics Society SUMMARY:A fusion power plant — why not - Dr. Justin Ball\, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Swiss Plasm a Center DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200122T193000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200122T203000 UID:TALK130246AT URL: DESCRIPTION:Talks on nuclear fusion power tend to focus on the possibilities and the promise: a safe\, sustainab le\, non-intermittent\, carbon-neutral energy supp ly. This one will not. Instead we will take a deep dive into the limitations of our own understandin g\, exploring how what seems to be a classical phy sics problem has resisted a $60 billion internatio nal R&D effort. We will encounter many difficultie s. Some will be elegant and pure\, like isolated p lasma turbulence in a magnetic field\, while other s will involve the engineering technicalities of f ields such as material science and applied superco nductivity. Yet\, when we intermix all these diffi culties and constraints in trying to design a magn etic confinement fusion power plant\, we'll arrive at a conclusion that just might merit some optimi sm.\n\nAbout the speaker: Justin Ball is an Americ an scientist studying theoretical plasma physics a nd nuclear fusion energy. He works at the Swiss Pl asma Center\, a fusion laboratory within the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. His research primarily focuses on the effect of plasma shaping on turbulence in tokamaks. Additionally\, he is an avid fusion science communicator via mag azine articles\, lectures\, and podcasts. In 2019\ , he and Jason Parisi published a popular science book titled The Future of Fusion Energy. LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry \, Lensfield Road CONTACT:Tommy Tai END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR