Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Fusion Pellet Fueling Lab has been at the center of design and testing of plasma fueling systems for tokamak research applications for decades. Since the mid-1970s, lab researchers have been ...
General Physics
Jan 6, 2012
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The search for star power – fusion – has received a major boost with the launch of the Australian Plasma Fusion Research Facility (APFRF) at The Australian National University.
General Physics
Jul 10, 2014
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The head of the multinational nuclear fusion project known as ITER, in Washington for talks with President Donald Trump's administration, has warned US budget cuts could delay completion of the experimental reactor.
Plasma Physics
Dec 7, 2017
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After a decade of design and fabrication, General Atomics is ready to ship the first module of the Central Solenoid, the world's most powerful magnet. It will become a central component of ITER, a machine that replicates ...
Plasma Physics
Jun 15, 2021
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Researchers at MIT have taken steps toward practical fusion energy through better understanding of the physics that governs the interaction between plasmas and the material walls of the vessels that contain them.
Plasma Physics
Nov 8, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and engineers at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are working with the U.S. ITER Project Office at ORNL, the Japanese Atomic Energy Agency and the ITER Organization ...
Superconductivity
Jan 14, 2011
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Scientists at JET, the world's largest fusion energy research facility, have been deliberately melting parts of their own machine as they test materials for the fusion reactors of the future. These apparent acts of scientific ...
General Physics
Aug 23, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The international ITER project is setting out to store the energy of stars in a reactor. To meet this challenge, scientists must be able to measure the properties of matter in fusion. A team at EPFL has just ...
General Physics
May 30, 2011
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland's research results indicate that joint planning of the reactor structure and remote maintenance system can significantly improve the utilisation rates of future fusion power plants. ...
General Physics
Aug 27, 2013
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DOE's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has successfully tested a Laboratory-designed device to be used to diminish the size of instabilities known as "edge localized modes (ELMs)" on the DIII–D tokamak that General Atomics ...
Plasma Physics
Oct 28, 2014
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