Bill Gates-backed Commonwealth Fusion Systems hits key reactor construction milestone
Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) marked a major milestone Tuesday morning, announcing the installation of a key component of ...
General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
The reactor, called Lawson Machine 26 (LM26), is General Fusion’s latest iteration in a string of devices that have tested ...
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Scientists eye self-repairing material to protect fusion reactors from heat damage
PSI, a linear plasma generator that allows us to study plasma-wall interactions in a fusion reactor,” said the DIFF ...
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General Fusion's reactor prototype creates plasma for the first time
The company announced yesterday that it had created plasma inside its prototype reactor – a major milestone in proving its technology. This proves General Fusion's Lawson Machine 26 (LM26 ...
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Max Planck spinout unveils ‘world’s most viable’ fusion reactor design — and only needs 6 years to build it
and McLaren — has unveiled a fusion energy reactor design it believes offers the quickest route to commercially viable fusion power. Dubbed Stellaris, the machine is a quasi-isodynamic (QI ...
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The quest for better fusion reactors is putting a new generation of superconductors to the test
Superconducting magnets inside a fusion reactor will experience conditions that aren’t seen anywhere on Earth. Materials scientists Susie Speller and Chris Grovenor are trying to predict how long ...
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General Fusion fires up its newest steampunk fusion reactor
a superheated fourth state of matter required for fusion, inside a prototype reactor. The milestone marks the beginning of a 93-week quest to prove that the outfit’s steampunk approach to fusion ...