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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General Fusion's reactor prototype creates plasma for the first time
Canadian startup General Fusion has been working on its unique approach to producing clean energy through nuclear fusion for ...
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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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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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Who (If Anyone) Will Win the Fusion Race?
That’s why the Chinese are developing the China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor. But while China is in the lead position today, other major fusion projects are also moving forward. The ...
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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 ...