During the Week of the Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Plasma Physics will participate in two lectures in the main building of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic at Národní street and the lecture within the open day of IPP.
Fusion Power Plants – Current State of Development
Tuesday, November 7, 10 a.m.
Prague 1, Národní 1009/3, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, room 206
Ing. Slavomír Entler, Ph.D.
Nuclear fusion is a virtually inexhaustible source of energy. Fusion power plants will provide
enough electricity for all mankind without negative impacts on the environment for millions of
years.The lecture explains the basics of the energy use of nuclear fusion and introduces the
current state of development of fusion devices. Are they closer to the realization of fusion power
plants with tokamaks, laser fusion power plants or other alternative concepts?
Reservation
Czech sensors for ITER and DEMO international thermonuclear reactors
Friday, November 10, 10 a.m.
Prague 1, Národní 1009/3, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, room 206
Ing. Ivan Ďuran, Ph.D.
Power plants based on the principle of thermonuclear fusion hold great promise for solving the
energy needs of mankind. However, their design and construction is also an extreme technological
challenge. A major milestone on the road to fusion power plants is the current construction of the
ITER international experimental fusion reactor in France. An important Czech footprint on the ITER
reactor is the system of Hall magnetic field sensors developed by scientists of the Academy of
Sciences of the Czech Republic.
The task of these sensors will be to measure the position and shape of hot plasma in high
temperature and radiation environments. The lecture will introduce you to the current state of
construction of the ITER reactor. It will outline the concept of how to measure magnetic fields in
the demanding environment of the fusion reactor. It will indicate the perspective of further
research towards the design of magnetic sensors for the DEMO demonstration fusion reactor.
Reservation
Nuclear fusion and tokamaks
Friday, November 10, 9 a.m.
Prague 8, U Slovanky 2525/1a
Ing. Slavomír Entler, Ph.D.
The lecture will focus on the history, present and probable future research of thermonuclear
fusion and necessary technologies. It will present the most hopeful way to master thermonuclear
fusion – magnetic hot plasma retention. The discussion part will be an integral part of the
lecture.
Reservation
29 Oct 2023
