Projects
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| Reference Number | EP/D507138/1 | |
| Title | The Sun Dome | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Nuclear Fission and Fusion(Nuclear Fusion) 100%; | |
| Research Types | Basic and strategic applied research 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | SOCIAL SCIENCES (Education) 50%; PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS (Physics) 50%; |
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| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 50%; Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance) 25%; Other (Energy technology information dissemination) 25%; |
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| Principal Investigator |
Mr CD (Chris ) Warrick No email address given Culham Centre for Fusion Energy EURATOM/CCFE |
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| Award Type | Standard | |
| Funding Source | EPSRC | |
| Start Date | 30 January 2006 | |
| End Date | 29 March 2008 | |
| Duration | 26 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £19,559 | |
| Industrial Sectors | Energy | |
| Region | South East | |
| Programme | Public Engagement | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Mr CD (Chris ) Warrick , Culham Centre for Fusion Energy, EURATOM/CCFE (99.999%) |
| Other Investigator | Professor Sir C (Chris ) Llewellyn-Smith , Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford (0.001%) |
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| Industrial Collaborator | Project Contact , EURATOM/CCFE (0.000%) |
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| Web Site | https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP/D507138/1 |
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| Objectives | Objectives not supplied | |
| Abstract | Ever wondered what makes the Sun shine? What process is capable of keeping it burning for 5 billion years and will keep it burning for 5 billion more? That process is fusion - and a tour through the inflatable Sun dome will answer all your questions! The journey starts inside the darkened dome with a high speed trip into the Sun - played as an exciting graphical animation above your heads. Here,the fusing of light atoms will be visualised, with an explanation of how this process releases vast amounts of energy and keeps the Sun burning bright. Now, with the interior lit up, the fusion process is explained further. Using the dome as an impromptu theatre stage, members of the audience are invited to 'become' atoms. With guidance from the fusion scientists on hand, they willbe dressed asatoms and shown how to form the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas and plasma), how atoms/nuclei combine in the fusion process, what forces are at work and what energies are required. They thereby gain a deep understanding of the fundamentals of fusion as well as more general science themes relevant to the national curriculum (charges, atoms, forces etc.). For the final part of the journey, thelights are dimmed again, and a further graphical animation above the heads of the audience shows how fusion research is striving to harness this enormous source of power to generate electricity in the future. This will be put in the context of climate change and the continued use ofnon sustainable reserves of energy - again linking to broader national curriculum subjects (energy, environmentalscience etc. ). The Sun Dome will be a pioneering and fun journey of scientific discovery - touching on several aspects of basic science and the importance of sustainable energy to the future of the world. | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 10/07/08 | |
