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Korean Herald 2016-12-15 An experimental nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea has achieved a world record of 70 seconds in high-performance plasma operation, taking a step forward in commercializing a nuclear fusion reaction to produce electricity, researchers said Thursday. Unlike light and heavy water nuclear reactors, which are widely used for now, a nuclear fusion … Read more
MEPhl National Research Nuclear University (Russia) Dec. 6, 2016 MEPhI scientists have figured out how the change of nanostructure of materials for energy reactors of the future will affect their plasticity, heat resistance and other important properties. Currently, one of the most promising areas in nuclear power are the development of new fast reactors and … Read more
WNN 14 December 2016 The Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR) tokamak-type nuclear fusion reactor has achieved a world record of 70 seconds in high-performance plasma operation, South Korea’s National Fusion Research Institute (NFRI) has announced. The KSTAR tokamak (Image: NFRI) The institute, based at Daejeon, 160 km south of Seoul, said a fully non-inductive … Read more
seeker.com Dec 7, 2016 New tests verify that Germany’s Wendelstein 7-X fusion energy device is on track to safely suspend plasma in magnetic fields. For several decades now, scientists from around the world have been pursuing a ridiculously ambitious goal: They hope to develop a nuclear fusion reactor that would generate energy in the same … Read more
Watts Up With That? December 11, 2016 As a factor in Global Warming, increases in the atmospheric concentration of CO2 have been, and will continue to be, largely irrelevant Guest essay submitted by William Van Brunt Copyright © William Van Brunt, 2016. All rights reserved. Summary The following are the basic principles and assumptions underlying … Read more
South China Morning Post | Thursday, 08 December, 2016 China acknowledged as global leader in the field and world’s only nation increasing funding into research to draw energy from ‘artificial sun’ On a quiet, scenic peninsula jutting out into Hefei’s Dongpu Reservoir, physicists recently set a world record, creating hydrogen plasma, hotter than the core … Read more
Metering.com 7 DECEMBER 2016 European smart meter software provider Greenbird has received a $5m investment from venture capital firm Statkraft Ventures, with participation from ETF Partners. From left Matthias Dill, managing director of Statkraft Ventures, Thorsten Heller, CEO at Greenbird and Arne Morteani, partner at ETF Partners. Greenbird is a growing software vendor and IT … Read more
Science Alert FIONA MACDONALD | 6 DEC 2016 At the end of last year, Germany switched on a new type of massive nuclear fusion reactor for the first time, and it was successfully able to contain a scorching hot blob of helium plasma. But since then, there’s been a big question – is the device … Read more
US House of Representatives April 20, 2016 An Overview of Fusion Energy Science Hearing Charter Opening Statements Energy Subcommittee Chairman Randy Weber (R-Texas) Full Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) Witnesses Dr. Bernard Bigot Director General, ITER Organization [Truth in Testimony] Dr. Stewart Prager Director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory [Truth in Testimony] Dr. Scott Hsu Scientist, … Read more
The Guardian 2 December 2016 The €18bn Iter nuclear fusion research centre in Provence, France. Photograph: Iter It’s been a long time coming, but the world’s top powers are now betting billions on the Iter collaboration to deliver clean, safe, limitless energy for the modern world “We are standing on the ground that could change … Read more