Selecting the right structural materials for fusion reactors
Do two promising structural materials corrode at very high temperatures when in contact with “liquid metal fuel breeders” in fusion ...
Tag: fusion
Self-sustained divertor oscillation mechanism identified in fusion plasma experiment
To harness the forces that power the Sun to produce substantial clean energy on Earth, researchers heat fuel to such ...
PPPL examines the performance of a fusion pilot plant to generate electricity
The U.S. fusion community has actively called for an immediate design effort for a cost-effective pilot plant to generate electricity ...
Surrey research is helping to usher in safe, low-carbon electricity generated by nuclear fusion
Materials engineers at the University of Surrey and the UK Atomic Energy Authority are supporting an international effort to develop ...
Common household cleaner can boost effort to harvest fusion energy on Earth
Scientists have found that adding a common household cleaning agent – the mineral boron contained in such cleaners as Borax ...
PPPL unravels a puzzle to speed the development of fusion energy
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory have developed an effective computational method to simulate ...
Department of Energy announces second round of FY 2021 Public-Private Partnership Awards to advance fusion energy
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced awards for eight projects with private industry that will allow for collaboration with ...
Greater odds of overall satisfaction three months after lumbar fusion when surgery is minimally invasive
EMBARGOED UNTIL DECEMBER 14, 2021, 12:00 AM ET Greater Odds of Overall Satisfaction Three Months After Lumbar Fusion When Surgery ...
Unveiling the steady progress toward fusion energy gain
PITTSBURGH—The march towards fusion energy gain, required for commercial fusion energy, is not always visible. Progress occurs in fits and ...
Feeling the heat: Fusion reactors used to test spacecraft heat shields
PITTSBURGH—Spacecraft have long used heat shields for protection during entry into planetary atmospheres. Future missions to the outer solar system ...
Visualizing the microscopic world of fast ions in fusion devices
PITTSBURGH—The U.S. scientific community is currently conceptualizing the first nuclear fusion power plants, which will revolutionize energy production. Like the ...
Researchers at the brink of fusion ignition at national ignition facility
PITTSBURGH—After decades of inertial confinement fusion research, a record yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ) from fusion reactions was ...
Harnessing hot helium ash to drive rotation in fusion reactors
PITTSBURGH—In controlled nuclear fusion, heavy isotopes of hydrogen fuse into helium, releasing a huge amount of energy in the process. ...
MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion energy
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- It was a moment three years in the making, based on intensive research and design work: On ...
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