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SUMMARY:SPC Seminar – Plasma – Jon Skidmore – FLARE\, First Light Fus
 ion’s new approach to economically viable inertial fusion energy
DESCRIPTION:External Speaker: Dr Jon Skidmore\, ex-PhD Student in the Plasm
 a Physics Group\, SPC Community.\nTitle: FLARE\, First Light Fusion’s ne
 w approach to economically viable inertial fusion energy.\nAbstract:\nFusi
 on energy represents a potentially inexhaustible source of low-carbon powe
 r\, yet despite sustained international investment and significant scienti
 fic progress\, a commercially viable fusion pathway remains elusive.\nThis
  presentation introduces FLARE (Fusion via Low-power Assembly and Rapid Ex
 citation)\, a new concept developed by First Light Fusion to address longs
 tanding challenges in inertial fusion. FLARE approaches inertial fusion th
 rough three key principles: (1) a novel target architecture that decouples
  compression from heating\, thereby reducing main driver power requirement
 s whilst enabling higher energy gain\; (2) low-power pulsed compression\, 
 which offers a simpler\, lower-cost\, and more efficient alternative to co
 nventional high-power lasers\; and (3) a liquid lithium pool reactor\, des
 igned to absorb neutrons\, breed tritium\, and shield structural component
 s\, thereby extending operational lifetime and improving both economic via
 bility and engineering feasibility.\nTogether\, these principles underpin 
 an integrated\, robust\, and scalable system that offers a credible and ec
 onomically viable pathway to inertial fusion energy.
URL:https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/199178/spc-seminar-plasma-jon-skidmor
 e-flare-first-light-fusions-new-approach-to-economically-viable-inertial-f
 usion-energy/
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LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 3\, Blackett Building\, South Kensington Campus\, 
 Imperial College London\, London\, SW7 2AZ\, United Kingdom
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