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SUMMARY:Science and Society | Will Fusion Power Ever Generate Our Electricity?
DESCRIPTION:Online\n\n \n\nThere is standing joke among physicists that 
 fusion power is the energy source of the future and always will be. Fifty 
 years ago\, the energy crises of the 1970s spurred demand for the 
 technology\, and scientists and engineers working in the field were 
 optimistic about the scientific feasibility of generating electricity 
 through fusion. In the 1990s\, a device at Princeton University’s Plasma 
 Physics Laboratory\, and one in the United Kingdom demonstrated that fusion 
 power could be generated for short periods of time\, at least on a 
 laboratory scale. But in the nearly 30 years since then\, there has been 
 little progress toward realizing a practical fusion power plant. 
 Nevertheless\, several dozen start-up companies in the United States and 
 Europe are now investing more than $8 billion of private funds to try to 
 build a working fusion power plant. Fred Dylla\, who spent 15 years working 
 on fusion research\, will recount the history of this technology and 
 discuss the prospects for these new investments.\n\nFred Dylla is 
 co-organizer and co-moderator of the Lewes Public Library’s “Science 
 and Society” lecture series. He has three degrees in physics from MIT. He 
 spent 15 years as a research scientist at the Princeton Plasma Physics 
 Laboratory\, followed by 16 years as the Chief Technology Officer at the 
 Department of Energy’s Jefferson Lab in Newport News\, VA\, and finished 
 his formal (paid) career as the Executive Director of the American 
 Institute of Physics in College Park\, MD\, from 2007-2015. Fred now spends 
 his time creating and teaching the art of woodcut prints as well as writing 
 and lecturing about the history of science and art.\n\nThe library's 
 “Science and Society - Making Sense of the World Around Us” lecture 
 series is co-organized and moderated by Fred Dylla\, Executive Director 
 Emeritus of the American Institute of Physics and author of Scientific 
 Journeys\, Linda Dylla\, former public information officer at the Jefferson 
 Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy\, and Colin Norman\, the 
 former News Editor at Science.\n\n\nNOTE: this meeting is being conducted 
 through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER to receive instructions for joining the 
 meeting. \n\nIf you have need assistance with registration or getting your 
 Zoom invitation\, please email the library.\n\nBasic written instructions 
 for using Zoom may be found here and a brief video tutorial may be found 
 here. Closed captioning is available for all our sessions. Information on 
 enabling closed captioning in Zoom may be found here.
LOCATION:Lewes Public Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Rebecca Lowe":MAILTO:rebecca.lowe@lib.de.us
CATEGORIES:STREAM
CONTACT;CN="Rebecca Lowe":MAILTO:rebecca.lowe@lib.de.us
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://delawarelibraries.libcal.com/event/14650004
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