Nuclear Fusion Startup Tri Alpha Energy Hits a Big Milestone

Nuclear Fusion Startup Tri Alpha Energy Hits a Big Milestone

GTM by Katie Fehrenbacher | July 10, 2017 But it’s just one step in a very long process. Tri Alpha Energy, a company with $500 million in backing that has been working on nuclear fusion technology for nearly two decades, reached a major milestone last month. On Monday, the company announced that it started up … Read more

Race to replicate sun’s plasma to harness ‘perfect energy source’

Race to replicate sun’s plasma to harness ‘perfect energy source’

news.com.au July 10, 2017 THE world is racing to harness the power of the universe’s “perfect energy source”. And Australia is playing a key role in this new frontier. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor being built in France. AS THE world tries to wean itself off fossil fuels, scientists are racing towards one of the … Read more

Nuclear project could be ‘under threat’

Nuclear project could be ‘under threat’

Oxfordshire Guardian George Welchon: July 07, 2017 Left to right, Lorne Horton, head of the JET exploitation unit, Layla Moran, Oxford West and Abingdon MP, Ian Chapman, CEO UK Atomic Energy Authority An Oxfordshire MP has described a government pledge to keep funding a multi-million pound nuclear fusion project in Culham, as long as the … Read more

While USA is distracted by its President’s antics, China is busy breaking another fusion record

While USA is distracted by its President’s antics, China is busy breaking another fusion record

The Register 6 Jul 2017 The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak Chinese boffins say they have smashed yet another world fusion record using their EAST contraption – aka the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak. The experimental fusion system managed to maintain a stable plasma state for 101.2 seconds, with the temperature peaking at 50,000,000 K (90,000,000°F, 50,000,000°C), … Read more

Researchers demonstrate first hot plasma edge in a fusion facility

Researchers demonstrate first hot plasma edge in a fusion facility

Phys.org July 5, 2017 Physicist Dennis Boyle. Credit: Elle Starkman/PPPL Office of Communications Two major issues confronting magnetic-confinement fusion energy are enabling the walls of devices that house fusion reactions to survive bombardment by energetic particles, and improving confinement of the plasma required for the reactions. At the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma … Read more

China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets world record with 100s steady-state high performance plasma

China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets world record with 100s steady-state high performance plasma

Eureka Alert 5-Jul-2017 Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters Basic parameters of the world’s longest 101.2 s high confinement discharge achieved on EAST (Bt=2.5T, PRF=3.0MW, ne/neGW=0.55, Te=4.0KeV, H98y2=1.1, Upper single null configuration) Image by the EAST Team China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) made an important advance by achieving a stable 101.2-second steady-state high confinement plasma, … Read more

MIT Scientist Asserts That We Will Have Fusion Energy by 2030

MIT Scientist Asserts That We Will Have Fusion Energy by 2030

Futurism June 29, 2017 In Brief Earl Marmar, MIT’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak fusion project, said that we could potentially have nuclear fusion powering electric grids by the 2030s — that is, if we continue to pursue research aggressively. Fusion on the Horizon In the continuous pursuit of a truly renewable and clean energy source, nothing … Read more

Trump Budget Cuts Delay Nuclear Fusion By Decades, 2025 Target Now Out Of Reach

Trump Budget Cuts Delay Nuclear Fusion By Decades, 2025 Target Now Out Of Reach

Econotimes June 30, 2017 Nuclear Fusion Reactor.Steve Jurvetson/Flickr Since being sworn into office, President Donald Trump has done everything in his power to undermine the progress of renewable energy. He backed out of the Paris Accord and is giving the fossil fuel industry preferential treatment. However, the current administration is proposing a budget cut that … Read more