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Thermonuclear fusion for power generation
Osolsobě, Jiří ; Elbl, Patrik (referee) ; Sitek, Tomáš (advisor)
Controlled thermonuclear fusion opens up the possibility of using similar principles that take place in stars to produce energy on planet Earth. A fusion power plant would represent a stable, safe, emission-free and, for the foreseeable future, inexhaustible source of energy. Currently, the most researched fusion device is a tokamak using magnetic confinement of plasma, which is likely to become the reactor of the first fusion power plant. The international ITER tokamak will be a breakthrough project for the further development of controlled thermonuclear fusion, with the main objective of testing a number of key technologies and the suitability of the tokamak as a fusion power plant reactor. According to the European Union's plans, construction of the first EU-DEMO fusion power plant should start around 2040. This bachelor thesis provides a comprehensive overview of the origins, current status and future prospects of thermonuclear fusion and its energy applications.
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