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Sputnik News 09.08.2016 Research associates at the National Research Nuclear University (MEPhI) Department of Plasma Physics have made a discovery that will help protect fusion reactors from plasma damage, thus ensuring their reliable operation, the university press service said. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Thermonuclear units are designed to utilize fusion reactions, like those that occur on … Read more
Enviro Tech Aug 10 2016 A major breakthrough from a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) might just have opened the door to a clean, almost endless supply of energy to solve our current crisis. By using sophisticated computer technology, the researchers were able to create a model of conditions inside … Read more
PPPL By John Greenwald | August 11, 2016 The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has been named principal investigator for a multi-institutional project to study plasma-materials interaction (PMI)on the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) in China. The centerpiece of the PPPL role in this project is the optimization of lithium … Read more
Earth Talk August 11, 2016 The EU, US, China, India, Korea, Russia and Japan have all contributed to the ITER fusion reactor currently under construction in southern France Dear EarthTalk: What is fusion energy and why are environmentalists so bullish on it? — Mickey Brent, Milwaukee, WI Nuclear fusion may be the most promising energy … Read more
Institute of Mechanical Engineers As part of our Innovation campaign, we spoke to Tokamak Energy’s Dr Melanie Windridge about the company’s vision, the role of engineers in society, and what innovation means to her. Tokamak Energy is one of the companies supported by our Stephenson Fund. What does Tokamak Energy do? Tokamak Energy is working … Read more
earthtalk.org Gus Vannewkirk | 08/03/2016 Dear EarthTalk: What is fusion energy and why are environmentalists so bullish on it? —Mickey Brent, Milwaukee, WI Nuclear fusion may be the most promising energy source that most of us have never heard of. Scientists first discovered fusion as a potential energy source in the 1930’s and have been … Read more
Utility Week Tom Grimwood | 03/08/2016 Ian Chapman has been appointed by the government as the new chief executive of the UK Atomic Energy Authority. The 34-year-old ‘rising star’ will take over from Steve Crowley at the beginning of October. Chapman will head up Britain’s nuclear fusion research programme at the Culham Science Centre near … Read more
Phys.org August 4, 2016 The right side of the figure where the electric field’s absolute value is small corresponds to the L-mode plasma and the left side having large electric field to the H-mode. The black line indicates the experimental value of the electric current and the red line the theoretical value used in the … Read more
Business Insider August 3, 2016 A nuclear reactor featured in the film Spiderman 2. The universe is full of phenomena that we can’t fully explain: Black holes, exploding stars, rapidly spinning stellar corpses… In order to get closer to understanding these cosmic oddities, scientists have to constantly push the boundaries of science, advancing technology and … Read more
PPPL By John Greenwald | July 29, 2016 (Photo by Elle Starkman/Office of Communications) Graduate student Yuan Shi Among the intriguing issues in plasma physics are those surrounding X-ray pulsars — collapsed stars that orbit around a cosmic companion and beam light at regular intervals, like lighthouses in the sky. Physicists want to know the … Read more