Review Article
Global Fusion Energy R&D Trends and Bangladesh's Current Perspectives: An Overview
Issue:
Volume 13, Issue 1, March 2025
Pages:
1-8
Received:
11 December 2024
Accepted:
24 December 2024
Published:
14 January 2025
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajee.20251301.11
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Abstract: Sustainable energy associated research and development activities have gained significant popularity among research communities over the last few decades. Nuclear energy, in particular fusion energy can become a promising option to the world's primary energy source. Its fuel reserve, environmental effects and safety features are certainly noteworthy. Now the advancements of fusion energy Research and Development (R&D) progressing it’s to economically feasible fusion power. One major step to achieve this goal in a short period of time is the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project, a 35-nations collaborative megaproject. EUROfusion is proposed a DEMOnstration power plant as the next step following ITER. Addressing these issues this study reviewed the global fusion energy R&D trends and current perspectives of Bangladesh. Currently, fusion energy R&D activities have been carried out in more than 50 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Member States. About 94 fusion devices are in operation, 11 fusion devices are under construction and 28 fusion devices are being planned to establish for experiment as well as demonstration purpose. In the Asian region especially in Japan, China, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Thailand fusion energy research has become remarkably popular and spreading up in the recent years. The United States (US) fusion community is conducting fusion R&D from multiple directions. The United Kingdom (UK) has been playing a pioneer role in continuing experiment with fusion since 1960. Several countries in European Union (EU) take initiatives to develop fusion technology. In 2020, scientists of Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) achieved high-temperature sustained plasma of above 100 million degrees Celsius for a period of 20 seconds. From the global fusion energy R&D perspectives Bangladesh yet not has started fusion energy R&D in large scale. Only few universities and research organizations have been conducting fusion energy R&D activities in small scale.
Abstract: Sustainable energy associated research and development activities have gained significant popularity among research communities over the last few decades. Nuclear energy, in particular fusion energy can become a promising option to the world's primary energy source. Its fuel reserve, environmental effects and safety features are certainly noteworth...
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Md Shamimul Islam
