Building Stars: Breakthroughs in Fusion R&D – Episode 2
Channel: IAEAvideo
Date: 2022-08-18

Organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), this webinar gives an overview and puts in perspective the most recent ground-breaking results in fusion R&D, to understand how such progress brings fusion energy closer to realization. Experts from the Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy Of Sciences (EAST), the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (W7-X) and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (MAST-U) present their latest breakthroughs and answer questions.

00:00 Introduction
 
02:10 EAST tokamak achieves a record long-pulse operation in thousand-second scale | Jiansheng Hu (Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy Of Sciences, China)

31:30 Key results from the Wendelstein 7-X stellarator and visions for a stellarator fusion power plant | Thomas Sunn Pedersen (Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics, Germany)

58:28 First results from MAST Upgrade and status of STEP | Ian Chapman (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, UK)

01:17:50 Q&A and Panel Discussion 
 
Moderator:
Matteo Barbarino, IAEA

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