Fusion News

Politico By SARA STEFANINI 3/29/17 The €13 billion International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) is under construction in France | ITER CULHAM, England — Just as European scientists here gear up to put decades of experiments to the test and try to bottle up the nuclear reaction that powers every star in the universe, Brexit is … Read more

BDaily Billy Wood 09 MAR 2017 Former Made in Chelsea cast member, Richard Dinan, is hoping to raise £200m and crack one of the holy grails of energy science – affordable, scalable nuclear fusion technology. The entrepreneur and former reality TV star is hoping to build a pair of nuclear fusion reactors, backed by a … Read more

New York Times HENRY FOUNTAINMARCH 27, 2017 Source: ITER Organization Mika Gröndahl/The New York Times SAINT-PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, France — At a dusty construction site here amid the limestone ridges of Provence, workers scurry around immense slabs of concrete arranged in a ring like a modern-day Stonehenge. It looks like the beginnings of a large commercial power … Read more

Nature by Mikio Fukuhara Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 37740 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep37740 Published online: 23 November 2016 Abstract The cause and source of the heat released from Earth’s interior have not yet been determined. Some research groups have proposed that the heat is supplied by radioactive decay or by a nuclear georeactor. Here we postulate … Read more

Eureka Alert 20-MAR-2017 DOE/PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY IMAGE: GOUMIRI HAS CREATED A NEW SYSTEM THAT WILL LET SCIENTISTS CONTROL THE ENERGY AND ROTATION OF PLASMA IN REAL TIME IN A DOUGHNUT-SHAPED MACHINE KNOWN AS A TOKAMAK. Like a potter shaping clay as it spins on a wheel, physicists use magnetic fields and powerful particle beams … Read more

Gas & Electricity 19.03.2017 Nuclear fusion needs a “Wright brothers” moment, to convince the world of its promise of unlimited clean and safe energy and so unlock significant private investment, according to a physicist whose says his company is closing in on that goal. David Kingham, the chief executive of Tokamak Energy, has announced his … Read more

CCFE 15/03/2017 On 7 March, the finishing straight got one (major) step closer for the new MAST Upgrade tokamak, with the lifting and positioning of the centre column into the heart of the machine. Nicknamed the ‘£1 million kebab’ by engineers here at Culham, the five metre-long centre column is a key component for operating … Read more

International Business Times By Richard Dinan | March 9, 2017 Using smaller reactors, Applied Fusion Systems hopes to move nuclear fusion forward within four to six years. There is a famous saying in the fusion community: “Fusion is easy; plasma physics is hard.” Fusion has had a rough PR history. In 1989, Martin Fleischmann (then … Read more

LLNL Feb. 16, 2017 NIF Target Area operators prepare the TanDM for a NIF shot. The 9,000-kilogram (20,000-pound) mechanism is about 8.5 meters long, with a boom that can extend about 6.75 meters. Photo by Jason Laurea/LLNL While multitasking may be easy for some people (and perhaps hard for others), it can be a particular … Read more

Rice University Mike Williams – March 2, 2017 Rice, Illinois, Chilean scientists report quantum control of atoms may make fusion energy production more efficient HOUSTON – (March 2, 2017) – Controlled nuclear fusion has been a holy grail for physicists who seek an endless supply of clean energy. Scientists at Rice University, the University of … Read more