A public lecture looking at fusion power will take place at the University of Bath on 30 March 2011.
Fusion power is the generation of energy through nuclear fusion reactions. Scientists around the world are working to develop it as a potential new clean power source.
The lecture will be delivered by Chris Warrick from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE).
Mr Warrick will look at the international fusion experiment ITER, a project being developed in the south of France to build an experimental fusion reactor and demonstrate that fusion is a suitable power for the future.
The ITER will begin operating in the next decade, and will generate up to 500 megawatts of fusion power.
The talk will argue that fusion has the potential to fulfil a large proportion of our energy needs in the future.
Mr Warrick will describe the scientific progress being made in the field of fusion power, from Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington’s prophetic predictions in 1920 through to the remarkable results that have led to ITER.
He will also highlight the challenges associated with fusion power, and the worldwide efforts being made to overcome these.
Mr Warrick graduated with a degree in Physics from the University of Wales, and has worked as an experimental physicist at the CCFE since 1990, focusing on various fusion devices.
The event is free to attend and will take place in 5 West, room 2.3 at 7pm.