Electrostatic Fusion at the University of Illinois
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Title | Electrostatic Fusion at the University of Illinois |
Author(s) | Leslee A Kulba |
Keywords | inertial electrostatic confinement, fusors, George Miley, University of Illinois |
Published | 1998 |
Journal | Electric Spacecraft Journal |
Number | 23 |
Pages | 14-16 |
Abstract
Inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) is the process by which neutrons are reproduced in a plasma. Tabletop IEC devices, informally referred to as fusors, were first operated in the 1950s. (See ?Fusors,? by Richard Hull on pages 6-12.) More recently, conceptual design studies, undertaken at the Universities of Illinois and Wisconsin, explored the potential for IEC applied to large-scale power generation and space propulsion. This is a brief review of an article sent to ESJ by the author, George Miley.