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BDaily Billy Wood 09 MAR 2017 Former Made in Chelsea cast member, Richard Dinan, is hoping to raise £200m and crack one of the holy grails of energy science – affordable, scalable nuclear fusion technology. The entrepreneur and former reality TV star is hoping to build a pair of nuclear fusion reactors, backed by a … Read more
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
Gas & Electricity 19.03.2017 Nuclear fusion needs a “Wright brothers” moment, to convince the world of its promise of unlimited clean and safe energy and so unlock significant private investment, according to a physicist whose says his company is closing in on that goal. David Kingham, the chief executive of Tokamak Energy, has announced his … Read more
International Business Times By Richard Dinan | March 9, 2017 Using smaller reactors, Applied Fusion Systems hopes to move nuclear fusion forward within four to six years. There is a famous saying in the fusion community: “Fusion is easy; plasma physics is hard.” Fusion has had a rough PR history. In 1989, Martin Fleischmann (then … Read more
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
ITER 27 FEB, 2017 In the discussion that took place with ITER Director-General Bernard Bigot, Erlan Batyrbekov, director of the Kazakhstan Nuclear National Center, offered to establish a legal cooperation framework between ITER and the institution he heads. The largest of the Central Asian republics (5.5 times the size of France), Kazakhstan has immense mineral … Read more
Forbes FEB 28, 2017 shutterstock What are the most important unanswered questions in natural science that are likely to be answered by 2025? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Matthew J Moynihan, PhD in ICF, Fusion Blogger, … Read more
IPP Beginning: Sep 11, 2017 08:40 End: Sep 15, 2017 15:00 Location: D-85748 Garching near Munich, Boltzmannstr. 2 ProgrammeThe course covers the main aspects of plasma physics with emphasis on nuclear fusion: energy consumption and selected aspects of the environmental impact of energy production basics of plasma physics and nuclear fusion kinetic and magneto-hydrodynamic description … Read more
Dr. Richard Lindzen 301 Lake Avenue Newton, MA 02461 February 23, 2017 President Donald Trump White House Washington, DC Dear Mr. President: Citizens of the USA and America’s admirers everywhere support of your campaign promises to place a common-sense focus on international environmental agreements, either enacted or proposed. In just a few weeks, more than … Read more
The Engineer 21st February 2017 Viewpoint Melanie Windridge and David Kingham Tokamak Energy’s contribution to putting fusion power into the grid by 2030: the ST40 prototype of a compact fusion reactor The world is facing a deep decarbonisation challenge, and major organisations such as the Breakthrough Energy Coalition and the newly-announced Breakthrough Energy Ventures are … Read more