ARC Divertor Design Class Final Presentation

Following on the success of the first iteration of the ARC fusion reactor design class, Professor Dennis Whyte, director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, has led a new team of students to create a viable solution for the heat exhaust system on ARC. Presented in this video is the vision for what this … Read more

Powering the future with Dr Melanie Windridge

Powering the Future is the Institute of Physics Schools and College Lecture 2010. Delivered by physicist and science communicator Dr Melanie Windridge. Melanie is an expert on nuclear fusion and the reactions powering the sun.

Nuclear Fusion: Has Its Time Finally Arrived?

A panel discussion at the Milken Institute Published on May 2, 2016 Moderator Katie Fehrenbacher, Senior Writer, Fortune Speakers Michl Binderbauer, Chief Technology Officer, Tri Alpha Energy Michel Laberge, Founder and Chief Science Officer, General Fusion Thomas McGuire, Research Engineer and Scientist; Compact Fusion Principal Investigator, Lockheed Martin Dennis Whyte, Director, Plasma Science and Fusion … Read more

Fusion: How to Put the Sun in a Magnetic Bottle – with Ian Chapman

By Royal Institution, Jun 8, 2016 Fusion energy has the potential to be one of the most important scientific breakthroughs. Physicist Ian Chapman explores the challenges in nuclear fusion and explains how the international ITER project hopes to demonstrate that fusion energy can be realised here on Earth. Ian Chapman received his MSc in Mathematics … Read more

The Energy Crisis is Over!

Derek Sutherland exclaims that the energy crisis is over and explores how nuclear fusion can revolutionize energy production. Derek extols the many virtues of fusion and how with research and public support it can become reality. Derek Sutherland is a graduate research associate at the University of Washington (UW), and is also the CEO of … Read more