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 ...
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 ...
Will "Nuclear Fusion Dream" succeed in the U.K. team up with Seoul National University?
Anchor] With many countries fiercely competing to build the world's fastest commercial nuclear fusion power plant, Korean ...
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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UK and US advance promising nuclear fusion research, the ‘Holy Grail’ of energy
[Getty: champpixs] Fusion ... of nuclear fusion, the process that powers the sun. It’s long been regarded as the "Holy Grail" ...
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China’s fusion reactor debuts digital twin
China’s Huanliu-3 (LJ-3) tokamak has launched a new series of physical experiments, incorporating for the first time a ...
Fusion Energy: A Perspective for a Sustainable Future
The potential of fusion energy. Fusion energy represents one of the most promising frontiers in energy production. Unlike nuclear fission, which splits atoms to release energy, fu ...
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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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Uncommon Thinkers: Zap’s Uri Shumlak wrestles with fusion energy in pursuit of carbon-free power
Then in 1979 came the partial meltdown of a nuclear power reactor at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania ... and the ...
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First plasma achieved by OpenStar; 'this is New Zealand's bid to win the fusion race'
No, that wouldn't matter, there is no ban on nuclear power (whether fission or fusion) in NZ, there is a ban on nuclear weapons, and a ban on nuclear powered ships entering NZ waters. Which will be ...
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After ITER: What China and others are doing in fusion. Interview with MIT’s Dennis Whyte
The former dean of MIT's plasma fusion dept—which is intimately tied to the privately funded Commonwealth Fusion Systems, ...
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New Zealand hits historic first plasma with levitated dipole nuclear reactor
Kiwi startup OpenStar's bold move to use levitating dipole reactor for fusion achieved a key milestone with its first plasma.