Nuclear Fusion
The combining of light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus.
Breakeven
The condition in which the fusion power produced by the plasma equals the heating power put into the plasma. For a fusion power reactor to be economically useful, a burning plasma must produce much more fusion power than it consumes, thereby significantly exceeding the breakeven point.
See also: Confinement, Fusion.
Subjects: Physics
- Weblinks:
- Culham Centre for Fusion Energy The website of Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, the UK′s national fusion research laboratory (formerly UKAEA Culham).
- Iter ITER is currently under construction in the South of France and aims to demonstrate that fusion is an energy source of the future.