1. magnetic confinement - ENEA - Fusione

partner in this respect, the Institute of Plasma Physics of the National
Research Council (CNR) Milan, specialises in researching electron
cyclotron resonance plasma heating. Other partners include the
Reversed Field Experiment (RFX) Consortium (which operates the
reversed field pinch device), the interuniversity CREATE Consortium
and research teams from Turin Polytechnic and the Universities of
Catania and Rome. Outside Italy, ENEA has carried out joint experiments
on FTU with CEA, the John Hopkins University, the Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory and various Russian institutes.
Technological R&D for magnetic fusion entails collaboration with
Italian industrial partners (Ansaldo, Belleli, Edison, Europa
Metalli, OECM, etc.) as well as universities in Italy and abroad
(Turin Polytechnic, Universities of La Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Bologna,
Dresden, Stanford) and research institutes (Commisariat à l’Energie
Atomique France, Forschungswentrum Karlsruhe Germany, Centre de
Recherches en Physique des Plasmas Switzerland).
Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) is studied at the ABC laser facility at
ENEA Frascati. The ABC, designed and built entirely at Frascati, is
used for preliminary experiments on laser-matter interaction and
studies on the resulting ablative acceleration. The ICF group’s experience
and expertise in theory and modelling have also gone to make ENEA
Frascati one of the top non-military ICF research centres.
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