Energi dari fusi nuklir merupakan energi masa depan. Penguasaan terhadap teknologi fusi nuklir dan fusi dingin akan menjadi era gelombang kelima peradaban manusia, dimana manusia akan benar-benar mengambil manfaat dari alam raya yang demikian luas ini. Energi dari fusi nuklir tidak sekedar sebagai sumber energilistrik, tetapi lebih dari itu, akan menjadi alat transportasi manusia menjelajahi alam raya secara menakjubkan, sekaligus pembuka berbagai misteri alam raya . -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/techscience/2007/07/24/11/0601000000AEN20070724004700320F.HTML S. Korea aims to acquire commercially viable nuclear fusion technology by 2020 By Lee Joon-seung- SEOUL, July 24 (Yonhap)*-- South Korea aims to acquire cutting-edge technology by 2020 that will allow it to build commercially viable nuclear fusion reactors, the head of the state-run laboratory said Tuesday. Shin Jae-in, president of the National Fusion Research Center (NFRC) said the race is currently on to make the safest and most efficient fusion reactor that could provide the world with an unlimited source of clean power. "Just as there are only a few popular nuclear reactor designs that are used by countries around the world, so a well-constructed fusion unit could dominate the next generation of power generation plants," the center's director said. He said once the country has the technology, it will build a demonstration unit in the 2020s followed by a full-fledged power generation reactor that could go on-line around 2040. In its three-part plan, South Korea will focus on technology acquisition until 2011. From 2012 to 2021, the agency will strive to become one of the top five technology leaders in this field. Beginning in 2022, it will acquire the necessary knowhow to construct its own reactor that could generate around 30 percent of the country's electricity needs. This technology could also be exported to other countries and act as a new growth engine. Super-conducting nuclear fusion refers to a process that uses hot plasma in a sealed vacuum chamber to combine deuterium and tritium, and make them into heavier particles while creating massive amounts of energy. The process that mimics stellar power generation, could allow 0.03 grams of deuterium to generate power equivalent to 300 liters of gasoline. Shin said that while South Korea is a relative late starter in this field, having launched its Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) project in November 1995, it has made solid gains. The knowhow acquired so far has allowed South Korea to join the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project in 2003. The project was launched in 1985 and is a joint effort of South Korea, the United States, the European Union, Russia, China and India. "At present, South Korea has acquired 10 world-class technologies that go into the building of fusion reactors. These include the knowhow to make huge vacuums, plasma heating mechanisms and current regulators," Shin said. He added that Korea can make both the toroidal and poloidal field magnets that surround the super hot plasma vacuum. These technologies are to be used in the experimental 500-megawatt ITER unit being built in Cadarache, southern France. South Korea has pledged to pay for 9.09 percent of the 6.06 trillion won (US$6.62 billion) project that aims for the completion of the experimental reactor in 2015. South Korea has spent 309 billion won on fusion technology since late 1995. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
