Scientists ‘surf’ plasma waves to tame nuclear eruptions in fusion reactors
A breakthrough in fusion research shows that controlling ELMs is key to achieving stable and efficient fusion reactors.
Inside the Tokamak: Scientists Crack the Code to Stable Fusion Energy
Researchers are closing in on the potential of nuclear fusion, the process that powers the stars, as a clean and ...
Energetic particles could help to control plasma flares at the edge of a tokamak
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Energetic Particles Control Tokamak Plasma Flares
The development of sustainable energy sources that can satisfy the world energy demand is one of the most challenging scientific problems. Nuclear ...
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Electricity produced through fusion could be available by 2040, Oak Ridge theorist says
as well as future experiments involving ITER. A showstopper for practical fusion power plants is whether the material in the inner wall of the containment vessel “can stand up to the high heat fluxes ...
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Inside the world's first nuclear reactor that will power Earth using the same energy as the Sun
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project agreement was formally signed ... ITER’s head of ...
Nuclear fusion could one day be a viable clean energy source – but big engineering challenges stand in the way
Even once researchers can reliably get more power out of a fusion reaction than they put in, they’ll still need to overcome ...
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Summit Study Tackles Fusion's Runaway Electron Issue
Simulations performed on ORNL's Summit supercomputer may point to a solution for the problem of runaway electrons inside a ...
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Inside the world's first nuclear reactor that will power Earth using the same energy as the Sun
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) project agreement was formally ... told Euronews Next. Nuclear fusion is the process by which two light atomic nuclei fuse to form ...
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Electricity produced through fusion could be available by 2040, Oak Ridge theorist says
Don Spong said ITER, which is more than 80% complete, is expected to produce its first fusion plasma in 2034 using the ...