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Phys.org September 21, 2017 by Kathy Kincade Visualization of temperature fluctuations from a high-resolution simulation of a plasma discharge in the DIII-D tokamak. The DIII-D plasma was designed to match many of the plasma parameters targeted in ITER operation. Credit: Chris Holland Decades of fusion research have brought many advances in our understanding of the … Read more
PPPL By Raphael Rosen | October 19, 2017 PPPL Physicist Michael Churchill To fuse hydrogen atoms into helium, doughnut-shaped devices called tokamaks must maintain the heat of the ultrahot plasma they control. But like boiling water, plasma has blobs, or bubbles, that percolate within the plasma edge, reducing the performance of the plasma by taking … Read more
The Weather Network by Scott Sutherland | September 19, 2017 Fusion is the power source of the future, according to science fiction, but did you know that scientists have been working on this for decades, and are drawing ever closer to harnessing the power of the Sun? What is Fusion Power? When we look up … Read more
Phys.org October 17, 2017 Physicist Masa Ono with images reported in Nuclear Fusion paper. Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Researchers led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have proposed an innovative design to improve the ability of future fusion power plants to generate safe, clean and abundant energy … Read more
University of Alberta Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Competition No. – A104034140 Closing Date – Will remain open until filled. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alberta is seeking candidates for tenure-track and tenured faculty positions in Lasers, Plasmas and Fusion Energy at the Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor … Read more
arcXiv P. A. Abdoul, D. Dickinson, C. M. Roach, H. R. Wilson (Submitted on 12 Oct 2017) In this work, using solutions from a local gyrokinetic flux-tube code combined with higher order ballooning theory, a new analytical approach is developed to reconstruct the global linear mode structure with associated global mode frequency. In addition to … Read more
PPPL October 13, 2017 Correlation analysis of three plasma discharges on NSTX for each of five different radial locations near the plasma edge. The red regions marked with a blue cross have high positive correlation around the origin point, while the blue regions marked with a yellow cross have high negative correlation. Images courtesy of … Read more
Futurism Dom Galeon | September 27, 2017 IN BRIEF Since the 1950s, scientists have been hard at work in finding ways to produce stable nuclear energy through fusion. We’ve learned much from all the experiments done in nuclear fusion reactors all over the world. LPP Fusion thinks there’s another way. GUIDING INSTABILITY Solar energy is … Read more
MIT Paul Rivenberg | Plasma Science and Fusion Center | September 29, 2017 Nuclear science and engineering graduate student receives Department of Energy Innovation Award for his work on plasma turbulence. “I like to say I build fancy thermometers. That’s my job,” says Alex Creely, a graduate student in nuclear science and engineering who works … Read more
Institute of Mechanical Engineers 28 Sep 2017 Amit Katwala The tokamak reactor controls the nuclear fusion reaction Atkins will help Tokamak Energy to plan and design the UK’s first nuclear fusion power plant. The project, which was announced today, is the first stage of a partnership that will seek to develop the first ever fusion … Read more