Fusion Energy, Fusion Energy Consortium
The Astana Times By Assel Satubaldina in Nation on 15 June 2017 Photo credit: nnc.kz ASTANA – National Nuclear Centre of Kazakhstan completed June 9 the first stage of physical launch of Kazakh Tokamak for Material Testing (KTM), a nuclear fusion reactor developed jointly with Russia and at the instruction of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. … Read more
PPPL June 13, 2017 Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (photo courtesy of Institute of Plasma Physics Chinese Academy of Science). For fusion to generate substantial energy, the ultra-hot plasma that fuels fusion reactions must remain stable and kept from cooling. Researchers have recently shown lithium, a soft, silver-white metal, to be effective in both respects during … Read more
Europa Wednesday, 14 June 2017 Today the European Commission has adopted a communication presenting the revised schedule and budget estimates for European participation in the ITER project. This international project aims to build in Europe a key facility for testing the possibility of generating sustainable energy from fusion. A new baseline for the project plans … Read more
ARS Technica Artistically shaped magnets may make stellarators easier to manage than ITER. Design of the W7-X from the outside. Having many ports means the scientists can make a lot of different measurements at the same time. The arrangement of magnets required to create a well-confined plasma. The shape of the magnetic field. Fusion powers … Read more
Canberra Times May 9 2017 ANU has handed over the keys to its $35 million nuclear fusion stellarator as part of a technology exchange with China aimed at creating a new viable base-load power source by 2050. Many nations, scrambling to find a solution to the energy crisis, view nuclear fusion as a sustainable solution. … Read more
Adjacent Open Access 05/06/17 By Dr. Neil Alexander Neil Alexander for the Canadian Nuclear Association shares why society should be looking to fusion energy to power homes and businesses in the future Modern society loves energy but delivering that energy is becoming a problem Modern society loves energy. Whether it is lighting our offices, heating … Read more
New Scientist 31 May 2017 By Andy Coghlan THIS may resemble a distillery, but what it will generate isn’t for drinking. It will serve up streams of atoms and ions to make the energy of the sun right here on Earth through nuclear fusion. Called SPIDER and due for completion next year, this facility in … Read more
ITER Newsline 15 May, 2017 Both Xavier Litaudon, head of the EUROfusion ITER physics department, and Lorne Horton, JET exploitation manager, are confident that the upcoming operations ”will save significant time on the way to ITER’s deuterium-tritium operation.” What’s happening at JET these days? We have been in shutdown since November last year and will … Read more
Universe Today 27 May , 2017 by Fraser Cain I’d like to think we’re smarter than the Sun. Let’s compare and contrast. Humans, on the one hand, have made enormous advances in science and technology, built cities, cars, computers, and phones. We have split the atom for war and for energy. What has the Sun … Read more
R&D Mag 05/22/2017 Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have simulated the spontaneous transition of turbulence at the edge of a fusion plasma to the high-confinement mode (H-mode) that sustains fusion reactions. Credit: Elle Starkman Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) … Read more