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The Engineer 9 November 2015 Controlled fusion has the potential to be a long-term energy source. David Kingham explains the next steps The world needs abundant, clean energy. Fusion – with no CO2 emissions, no risk of meltdown and no long-lived radioactive waste – is the obvious solution and has been for decades, but it … Read more
Digital Trends Updated 11/8/2015 by Jeremy Kaplan: Edits for clarity. In Germany, a team of researchers are preparing to switch on the largest nuclear fusion plant in the world. Hosted at the Max Planck Institute, the stellarator, also known as Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X), is awaiting regulatory approval for a launch later this month, reports Science. … Read more
ferrovial.com By Kenneth G.Martinez 03/11/2015 The need to find a source of sustainable energy and the commitment to fighting climate change are the main driving forces behind research in the field of nuclear energy. ITER, which means “path” in Latin, is a further step along that path. This is an international-scale experiment, whose objective is … Read more
Wired.com AUTHOR: RHETT ALLAIN 11.05.15 Mechanics work on the research reactor Wendelstein 7-X at the Max Planck Institute for plasma physics in Greifswald, Germany. DPA/ALAMY THIS PAST YEAR has been big for nuclear fusion. First there was the announcement from Lockheed Martin claiming they could have a fusion reactor that fits in a truck. Next … Read more
Time Magazine by Lev Grossman Oct. 22, 2015 Time Magazine Cover Start-ups are behind the new push Dr. Michl Binderbauer, Tri-Alpha Energy’s CTO, near the core of his firm’s fusion reactor in Foothill Ranch, Calif. Hydrogen, the universe’s most abundant element, is the fuel for any potential fusion reactor The machine lives in a white … Read more
British ITN Channel 4 News interviews Dr. Melanie Windridge of Britain’s privately held, Venture capital backed Tokamak Energy Ltd.
EU Noticias 4 November, 2015 Senior research engineer and division head Joseph Minervini, will serve as assistant director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), effective Nov. 1. He joins PSFC leadership, including Professor Dennis Whyte (director), Martin Greenwald (deputy director), and Richard Temkin (associate director). “Dr. Minervini brings internationally acknowledged expertise in … Read more
Extreme Tech By Graham Templeton on November 3, 2015 If we are to continue advancing as a species and consuming more and more power per person, then there are only two possible endpoints for human power production, and they’re both fusion. Either we figure out how to soak up and use a large portion of … Read more
Fox News By Michael Casey November 02, 2015 In November 2011 the interiour of Wendelstein 7-X was still open: Visible was the plasma vessel, one of the stellarator coils, a planar coil, part of the support structure and the cryostat together with a lot of cooling pipes and power supply lines. (IPP, Wolfgang Filser) Researchers … Read more
Phys.org November 3, 2015 Oxford University researchers have developed a new method that makes it possible to study whether the deterioration of nuclear fusion reactor materials in the face of extreme radiation may cause catastrophic thermal failure. Nuclear fusion is an attractive option for creating sustainable energy, in principle using the same reactions found at … Read more