Nuclear Fusion Engineering: A practical guide to materials, plasma stability, confinement, tritium breeding, magnets, heat extraction, and safety

Nuclear Fusion Engineering was developed with the help of advanced AI—allowing the authors to sift huge research datasets, compare competing studies, and flag weak or biased claims. This workflow surfaces consensus results from journals, preprints, and technical reports, giving you clearer, fresher guidance than a single human-curated text. The outcome is a practical, engineering-first handbook from NeuroText Books that connects materials science, plasma physics, cryogenics, thermal systems, and regulation into one buildable picture. Engineers, graduate students, and decision-makers will find what to design, why it matters, and how choices propagate across the plant. Each chapter maps problems to proven or promising solutions, with trade-offs and implementation notes you can apply in R&D, prototyping, or plant-scale planning. What you’ll learn (aligned to the table of contents) Materials under extreme flux: radiation damage mechanisms, cyclic thermal stresses, corrosion/erosion of plasma-facing components, and advanced alloys/composites for lifetime extension. Plasma stability & control: turbulence, magnetic confinement strategies, disruption causes, mitigation techniques, and advanced diagnostics for real-time feedback. Confinement architectures: Tokamak vs Stellarator—design and operational differences, stability challenges, and technology trends improving confinement quality. Neutron management: radiation-resistant materials, structural integrity under high flux, shielding techniques, and predictive monitoring of damage over time. Superconducting magnets: material limits, quench and thermal management in high-field coils, mechanical stress effects, and fabrication advances. Heat extraction & power conversion: high-heat-flux handling, coolant/material pairings, innovative cooling, and pathways from reactor heat to grid-ready electricity. Fuel cycle & tritium breeding: sourcing constraints, breeding-blanket materials, tritium production/recovery, and environmental/safety protocols. Scaling to commercial plants: large-machine materials, magnetic systems at power-plant scale, thermal integration, reliability engineering, and grid interfaces. Costs & bankability: key cost drivers, strategies to cut CAPEX/OPEX, market integration models, incentives, and risk management. Safety & regulation: global regulatory trends, engineering safety standards, risk assessment, and international harmonization. Why this book stands out Engineering-ready: design constraints, rules of thumb, and system-level trade-offs—beyond theory. Whole-plant view: links magnets, materials, plasma control, heat removal, tritium, and compliance. Future-focused: highlights maturing tech with realistic deployment paths. Who should read it: materials, mechanical, nuclear, and electrical engineers; plasma physics students; project managers; investors and policymakers evaluating fusion timelines. Move past hype to grounded, implementable insight. If you need a concise, up-to-date map from lab plasma to grid power—covering materials durability, plasma stability, confinement, neutron shielding, superconducting magnets, heat extraction, tritium breeding, safety, costs, and regulation—this is your desk reference for the decade ahead. View Less