Nuclear fusion start-up claims milestone with unconventional reactor
A small start-up in New Zealand claims it has created plasma, the first step towards nuclear fusion, in under two years and ...
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ITER Dreams And The Practical Reality Of Making Nuclear Fusion Work On Earth
With the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) as the most visible part of nuclear fusion research, it is perhaps little wonder that the recent string of delays and budget ...
Study identifies promising materials for fusion reactors
Nuclear fusion could be an ideal solution to mankind's energy problem, guaranteeing a virtually limitless source of power ...
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ITER contracts L&T for critical tasks linked to fusion reactor’s vacuum vessel
The world’s largest nuclear fusion project, ITER, has awarded a major contract to Larsen & Toubro for the deployment of ...
21 Holy Grail Materials Could Unleash Fusion Once and for All
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) will be relying on tungsten as its plasma-facing material, but a new study explores whether other candidates could perform even better.
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China’s ‘artificial sun’ gets a ‘super eye’ to boost fusion reactor monitoring
This system, likened to a “super eye,” provides real-time monitoring of the device’s operation. The new system generates a ...
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Introduction—Fusion, forever the energy of tomorrow?
Will fusion as an energy source finally become an everyday, commercial reality in the next decade or so—or not come to ...
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Japan’s JT-60SA Generates First Plasma As World’s Largest Superconducting Tokamak Fusion Reactor
Japan’s JT-60SA fusion reactor project announced first plasma ... is to investigate advanced components of the global ITER nuclear fusion project. Originally the JT-60SA upgrade with ...
Beyond Tungsten: Scientists Unveil Game-Changing Materials for Fusion Reactors
Can theory and computation methods help the search for the best divertor material and thus contribute to making fusion energy ...
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Fusion Reactor Produces Record Amount of Energy in Final Experiment
By smashing atoms to bind them together — the reverse of nuclear power ... we have to do in the ITER project." It's not just the US and Europe developing fusion reactors. Last year, China's ...
Nuclear Fusion Has Stumped Scientists for Decades. Here’s How We’ll Finally Unlock Its Limitless Energy.
If we figure out how to harness this effectively and efficiently, this is it. This is the end. This is the solution,” an expert tells us.