Fusion Reactor Engineering

Catalog Description

• Engineering and design of fusion systems. Introduction to controlled thermonuclear fusion as an energy economy, from the standpoint of the physics and technology involved. Case studies of fusion reactor design. Engineering principles of support technology for fusion systems. Offered even-numbered years.

Course Prerequisites

• NE 120 and NE 180

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

• Fusion Research - Volume III - Technology, J. Dolan.
• Recommended Supplemental Text: Plasma Physics, by F. F. Chen

Class schedule

• Three hours of lecture per week