Major milestone in European and Japanese contributions to ITER fusion energy project. The ITER fusion…
Browsing: Fusion Reactor
A fusion reactor is a device designed to harness the power of nuclear fusion, the process that powers stars, including the Sun. In fusion, energy is released when light atomic nuclei combine to form heavier nuclei under conditions of extremely high temperature and pressure. The most common fusion reaction for earthly applications involves the isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium, and tritium, producing helium and a neutron, along with a significant amount of energy. Fusion reactors aim to replicate this stellar process in a controlled environment to produce clean, sustainable, and nearly limitless energy without the radioactive waste associated with current nuclear fission reactors. Despite significant scientific and engineering challenges, such as achieving and maintaining the required conditions for a net energy gain, several experimental reactors like ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) and various national projects are actively pursuing the development of practical fusion power.
A team from Princeton has developed a machine learning method to control plasma edge bursts…
Researchers successfully simulate a novel combination method for managing fusion plasma. In their ongoing quest…
A new study documents record-breaking electron temperatures in a compact, sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch fusion device. In…
Scientists take advantage of imperfections in magnetic fields to enhance fusion plasma. In the Japanese…
Detailed study of high-temperature superconducting magnets built by MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems confirms they…
A Princeton-led team has developed an AI model to predict and avert plasma instabilities in…
Fast ions and plasma waves in fusion reactors engage in a complex dance of energy…
Neural networks guided by physics are creating new ways to observe the complexities of plasmas.…
New observations at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility offer vital insights into energetic ions in…
Perturbing the edge magnetic field of a tokamak produces a counterintuitive response: particles entering the…
Fusion’s success as a renewable energy depends on the creation of an industry to support…
Federal funding brings together experts to chart a viable path to realizing fusion energy as…
EPFL started up a variable-configuration tokamak reactor in 1992. Today, EPFL is a leading research…
An international team of researchers has discovered a method to predict and control the rotational…
A new paper lays out scientific methods for measuring and calculating Q in a sheared-flow-stabilized…
Plasma Physicists From Ukraine, Germany and Japan Collaborate to Spark Fusion Power Despite being forced…
Researchers Discover That Ions Behave Differently in Fusion Reactions Ions behave differently in fusion reactions…