About this episode

Dr. Wilfred Cooper discusses his career in plasma modeling and the potential of three-dimensional plasma structures for energy conversion.

Description Dr. Wilfred Cooper, a pioneer of MHD stability and three-dimensional plasma modeling, joins Priyanca Ford to trace a career spanning tokamaks, stellarators, and the Terpsichor stability code he helped create at Oak Ridge and EPFL. They explore how long-lived, three-dimensional plasma structures could drive energetic particles out of the plasma for direct energy conversion — and how fusion moved from decades of government-led research into today’s wave of private innovation. Hashtags: #FusionEnergy #KronosFusionEnergy #NuclearFusion #CleanEnergy #FusionPower #PlasmaPhysics #Stellarator #Tokamak #DirectEnergyConversion #MHD #FusionResearch

People in this episode

Host: Priyanca Ford

Guest: Dr. Wilfred Cooper

Topics covered

• three-dimensional plasmas
• direct energy conversion
• fusion energy
• MHD stability
• private innovation in fusion

Keywords

• FusionEnergy
• NuclearFusion
• CleanEnergy
• FusionPower
• PlasmaPhysics
• Stellarator
• Tokamak
• DirectEnergyConversion
• MHD
• FusionResearch

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Oak Ridge, EPFL

Books & works: Terpsichor stability code

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