Scientists meet to chart roadmap to fusion Posted October 12,
2012; 01:30 p.m. The crucial next steps on the roadmap to
developing fusion energy will be the focus of more than 70 top
fusion scientists and engineers from around the world who will
gather at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) this
month. The Oct. 15-18 session will kick off a series of annual
workshops under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) that will address key scientific and technological
challenges facing countries developing fusion as a source of
clean and abundant energy for producing electricity. "There's
nothing like face-to-face talk and presentations to help people
resolve common challenges," said Hutch Neilson, who directs
advanced projects at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton
Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and will chair the workshop at
UCLA. PPPL hosted a worldwide gathering of fusion scientists at
Princeton University last year that led to planning for the
workshops. "We felt there