Pakistan Researching Nuclear Fusion.

[Kompromat]

Not a huge news yet, but surely in the right direction. It all started in 2008


https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&...L0ZYtx&sig=AHIEtbS4XAEfwaRkwA-bAKvaUXaB2zy4vg

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&..._szeTo&sig=AHIEtbSgWaE6MzVnEDMkSSRCeljNMl3cQg

 

[Argus Panoptes]

21 January 2008:

http://www.iter.org/newsline/15/1025

Pakistan launches national fusion program
-Sabina Griffith

Realizing the importance of fusion and the worldwide effort in this regard, Pakistan has launched a National Tokamak Fusion Program to develop human resource and capacity building. Under this program, the Government of Pakistan plans to install a small tokamak (like HT-6M of Hefei , China ) along with various accessories and diagnostics so as to acquire the basic scientific knowledge and the technical know-how of the fusion technology.




GLAST (tokamak) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GLAST[2] (GLAss Spherical Tokamak)[2], is a small spherical magnetic confinement tokamak fusion reactor installed at the National Center for Physics by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in 2008, with close coordination and collaboration with China.[3] It is a Magnetic confinement fusion spherical tokamak with an insulating vacuum vessel. The reactor is primary use to conduct scientific studies and experiments on nuclear fusion power by consuming plasmas to identify the mechanism responsible for current penetration during start-up phase of the tokamak discharge.[4] The reactor was developed by the PAEC with the help of Chinese assistance, and offers research on control plasmas.[5]

 

[A1Kaid]

Nuclear fusion generates more power than nuclear fission but the challenge is how to sustain the nuclear fusion reaction for x time. PAEC will most likely in the future develop larger tokamak fusion reactors to generate electricity for civil uses. These types of nuclear reactors are truly 21st century and not like the 20th century technology some other countries have and are operating.

Congratulations to PAEC and the Atomic scientist wish them the best of luck, students in Pakistan should take note what their country's scientists are doing.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

Nuclear fusion generates more power than nuclear fission, PAEC will most likely in the future develop larger tokamak fusion reactors to generate electricity for civil uses. These types of nuclear reactors are truly 21st century and not like the 20th century technology some other countries have and are operating.

Congratulations to PAEC and the Atomic scientist wish them the best of luck, students in Pakistan should take note what their country's scientists are doing.

Fusion has the potential to produce more power than fission, but nobody has been able to realize that potential yet. All fusion reactors working currently consume more power than they produce.

 

[Cyberian]

Ma'Shah'Allah, what a brilliant news.

Thanks for posting this.

 

[Donatello]

Fusion has the potential to produce more power than fission, but nobody has been able to realize that potential yet. All fusion reactors working currently consume more power than they produce.

Actually Fusion has been carried but only for short periods of time. The main challenge is how to keep that amount of heat and temperature inside the reactor. Scientists are playing with different methods, for example holding the plasma in place using magnetic fields. But it's like trying to get hold of Jelly/Jello using polythene bag.

However, Pakistan should team up with countries already working on this by send their scientists abroad. Science is for all the humanity, after all.

 

[Argus Panoptes]

Actually Fusion has been carried but only for short periods of time. The main challenge is how to keep that amount of heat and temperature inside the reactor. Scientists are playing with different methods, for example holding the plasma in place using magnetic fields. But it's like trying to get hold of Jelly/Jello using polythene bag.

However, Pakistan should team up with countries already working on this by send their scientists abroad. Science is for all the humanity, after all.

I don't know the technical details Sir, but I do know that there is no fusion reactor in existence today that produces more power than it consumes given the present state of technology.

 

[Pandora]

Awsome news.

 

[Donatello]

I don't know the technical details Sir, but I do know that there is no fusion reactor in existence today that produces more power than it consumes given the present state of technology.

Yes you are right, but there are designs that are under construction to generate more power than they take in. But again, the main issue is to control the tremendous amount of heat inside the reactor....

 

[Argus Panoptes]

Yes you are right, but there are designs that are under construction to generate more power than they take in. But again, the main issue is to control the tremendous amount of heat inside the reactor....

It will take at least several more decades of expensive research before a fusion reactor is technically and commercially feasible as a power source.

 

[[--Leo--]]

is resreach compelted?

 

[Bossman]

is resreach compelted?

If it was Pakistan would be selling electricity to rest of the world.

 

[[--Leo--]]

If it was Pakistan would be selling electricity to rest of the world.

how much exactly they can produce?after the resreach

 

[A1Kaid]

how much exactly they can produce?after the resreach

That information is not known.

 

[v9s]

Yea, my cousin has worked on the Tokamak. I was actually surprised when I was told about it, but it has been running for quite some time now.

A Tokamak reactor produces nuclear fusion for a very small amount of time...lots of work required in this field still.