1. Nuclear Fusion in the Universe and on Earth Ahmed Ashraf

2. What is Nuclear Fusion?

4. What happens in Nuclear Fusion?

6. History?

7. calculations of the rate of nuclear fusion in stars (1929) Robert Atkinson Fritz Houtermans

8. History? helium 3 and tritium (1932) Mark Oliphant

9. History? Hans Bethe Fusion Power (1939) Nobel Prize (1967)

10. History? Tokamak (1950) Andrei Sakharov Igor Tamm

11. History? The Hydrogen Bomb (1951-1952) Enrico Fermi Edward Teller Stanislaw Ulam

12. History? The Hydrogen Bomb

13. Methods? Thermonuclear fusion with Magnetic Confinement 1. Tokamak 2. Stellarator

14. Methods?

15. Thermonuclear fusion with Magnetic Confinement 3. Levitated Dipole Experiment (LDX) 4. Magnetic Mirror

16. Methods? Thermonuclear fusion with Inertial Confinement

17. Methods? Thermonuclear fusion with Inertial Confinement 1. Indirect vs. Direct Drive

18. Methods? Thermonuclear fusion with Inertial Confinement 2. Fast Ignition 3. Magneto-inertial fusion

19. Methods? Others: 1.Magnetic pinches 2.Inertial electrostatic confinement 3.Muon-catalyzed fusion 4.Beam fusion 5.Cold fusion

20. Promising Fusion Reactors 1. ITER

21. Promising Fusion Reactors 1. ITER

22. Promising Fusion Reactors 2. JET

23. Promising Fusion Reactors 3. NIF

25. Why so Important? 1. 1. It can provide virtually unlimited clean energy and become the answer to the energy crisis. 2. It does not easily produce radioactive waste. 3. It can have wide range of impact on other technologies. 4. It can eliminate our dependency on fossil fuel.

26. Why so Important?

27. Reality or fiction? 1. Does it pose any threat? 2. Technological deficiencies and Fuding 3. Is it possible in 20 years?

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