FPN13-46

Interview with Dr. Stephen O. Dean Posted on YouTube

August 22, 2013

In Fall 2012, Fusion Power Associates President Stephen O. Dean did a video-taped interview in his office with a local college student which the student edited and incorporated into a school project. On August 18, 2013 the student uploaded the completed project to YouTube.

It is in two parts. In Part 1 (14 minutes), Dr. Dean discusses why he chose fusion as a career, what were the expectations of the fusion community in the early days, what progress has been made and what more is needed to get to a fusion power plant. In Part 2 (11 minutes), he discusses what fusion is and why it is important, why he was writing a book (Search for the Ultimate Energy Source, published by Springer in January 2013), why Fusion Power Associates was formed and what is its purpose, and provides his "final thoughts" on why the development of fusion is important to the future of the planet.

The links to the YouTube postings are given below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXE-oWugfiA
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6CTWzdU19E