Brexit brings nuclear (con)fusion

Brexit brings nuclear (con)fusion

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

A Dream of Clean Energy at a Very High Price

A Dream of Clean Energy at a Very High Price

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

There may be working fusion on Earth

There may be working fusion on Earth

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

New feedback system could allow greater control over fusion plasma

New feedback system could allow greater control over fusion plasma

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

MAST Upgrade: fitting the last piece of the puzzle

MAST Upgrade: fitting the last piece of the puzzle

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

New path suggested for nuclear fusion

New path suggested for nuclear fusion

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