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Bottling the sun : quest for nuclear fusion
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As fossil fuels near depletion, nuclear fusion promises unlimited power supplies. This program looks at recent developments in the quest to turn the mechanism of the sun into a viable energy source...
As fossil fuels near depletion, nuclear fusion promises unlimited power supplies. This program looks at recent developments in the quest to turn the mechanism of the sun into a viable energy source. The program chronicles the efforts of Alan Sykes and his team working on START, the first spherical Tokamak, at the Culham Research Facility in England. Dr. Martin Peng, who first conceived of a compact, spherical plasma reactor, is also interviewed and discusses the American offshoot of the START project, the National Spherical Tokamak Experiment.
Details
- Creator
- Electric Sky (Firm)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2006], c2002
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (29 min.) : sd., col., digital
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9780736554237
- OCLC
- ocn707972622
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on June 04, 2006.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Power Consumption and Fossil Fuels (3:32) -- Nuclear Fission and Nuclear Fusion (3:17) -- Fusion Power Research and Development (5:05) -- Fusion Power Technology from Scraps (5:04) -- Fusion Power Machine: The Spherical Tokamak (4:13) -- Fusion Power Stations (2:42) -- Fusion Power (3:42)