Nuclear Fusion: A Dream Technology of the 21st Century. However, it is a technology with many unresolved issues, and it is also a field that requires a pioneering spirit.
We are a laboratory conducting fundamental research into nuclear fusion plasma physics.
A nuclear fusion reactor's objective is to harness the enormous amount of energy generated when atomic nuclei as light as hydrogen fuse together and become a heavier atomic nucleus. As a means of nuclear fusion power generation, it is expected that nuclear fusion reactors will be put into practical use in the latter half of the 21st century. However, there are still issues to be resolved before it can be put into practical use and researchers around the world are working hard to advance their research to solve those issues.
"In a nuclear fusion reactor, plasmas in a wide temperature range coexist, from the core plasma with a high temperature exceeding 100 million degrees Celsius to the edge plasmas with a low temperature of about 10,000 degrees Celsius. We challenge to investigate this difficult and interesting research subject by both experiments and simulations. We hope to contribute to the realization of fusion energy by further developing the research results accumulated in our laboratory through collaborative research with domestic and international research institutions," says Associate Professor Oishi of the Laboratory of Fusion Plasma Science.
This laboratory conducts fundamental research in nuclear fusion plasma physics. We also develop diagnostic systems for the promotion of related physics research in maintaining bursting in nuclear fusion reactors. In addition, we also aim for physical and technological advances in magneticaly confined plasmas.
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