Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP1093797
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Burning Plasmas: resolving energetic particle physics for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Fusion power is a zero greenhouse gas emitting technology, which if realised, offers millions of years of base-load electricity. This promise has prompted the international community to accelerate fusion energy development, principally via support of the next-step technology-enabling experiment, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Our project addresses a grand science challenge facing ITER and fusion power: can the products of reaction be kept confined and therefore self-heat the plasma? The answer will affect both the ITER program, and the viability of fusion power. This project provides a low-cost high-impact contribution to the science base for the $16 billion ITER project, whilst growing Australian capability in this strategically important technology.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2010
End Date: 12-2013
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $285,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics | Simulation And Modelling | Harmonic And Fourier Analysis | Plasmas And Electrical Discharges
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Energy transformation not elsewhere classified | Physical sciences | Mathematical sciences |
