Burning Plasmas: resolving energetic particle physics for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER)

聚变发电是一项零温室气体排放技术，如果实现，将提供数百万年的基本负荷电力。这一承诺促使国际社会加快聚变能源的发展，主要是通过支持下一步的技术使能实验--国际热核实验堆(ITER)。我们的项目解决了ITER和聚变动力面临的一个重大科学挑战：反应产物能否受到限制，从而自我加热等离子体？这个问题的答案将影响到ITER计划和聚变能力的可行性。该项目为价值160亿美元的ITER项目的科学基础提供了低成本、高影响力的贡献，同时增强了澳大利亚在这项具有重要战略意义的技术方面的能力。

Fusion power is a zero greenhouse gas emitting technology, which if realised, offers millions of years of base-load electricity. This promise has prompted the international community to accelerate fusion energy development, principally via support of the next-step technology-enabling experiment, International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Our project addresses a grand science challenge facing ITER and fusion power: can the products of reaction be kept confined and therefore self-heat the plasma? The answer will affect both the ITER program, and the viability of fusion power. This project provides a low-cost high-impact contribution to the science base for the $16 billion ITER project, whilst growing Australian capability in this strategically important technology.