Cooling 100 million degree plasma with a hydrogen-neon mixture ice pellet
At ITER—the world's largest experimental fusion reactor, currently under construction in France through international cooperation—the abrupt termination of magnetic confinement of a high temperature plasma through a so-called "disruption" poses a.....»»
Isotope effects on mixed plasma-driven co-permeation found through RAFM steels
Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) organization and the Southwest Institute of Physics, carried out a study o.....»»
Despite conflict Russia sends France giant magnet for nuclear fusion project
Russia on Tuesday dispatched one of six giant magnets needed for the ITER nuclear fusion program in France, one of the last international scientific projects Moscow participates in despite the Ukraine conflict......»»
Dream of unlimited, clean nuclear fusion energy within reach
The old joke is that nuclear fusion is always 30 years away. Yet the dream of abundant clean energy is no laughing matter as we meet an ITER researcher to catch up on progress at the reactor facility......»»
A new law unchains fusion energy
Physicists at EPFL, within a large European collaboration, have revised one of the fundamental laws that has been foundational to plasma and fusion research for over three decades, even governing the design of megaprojects like ITER. The update shows.....»»
Latest success from Google’s AI group: Controlling a fusion reactor
The AI was trained on a simulator to shape the plasma held within a tokamak. Enlarge / Plasma inside the tokamak at the EPFL. (credit: EPFL) As the world waits for construction of the largest fusion reactor yet, called ITER, s.....»»
Fast-action method for countering disruptions on ITER fusion experiment
When ITER, the international fusion experiment fires up in 2025, a top priority will be avoiding or mitigating violent disruptions that can seriously damage the giant machine. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physi.....»»
Five seconds, 59 megajoules: A new record for tokamak fusion
The Joint European Torus takes a major step in preparing for work at ITER. Enlarge / The interior of JET, configured as a scale model for ITER, overlaid with an image of a plasma present in the tokamak during experiments. (credit: EURO.....»»
Integrated edge localized mode suppression and divertor power flux control for ITER
Using Resonant Magnetic Perturbations (RMP), researchers led by Prof. Sun Youwen from the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences took the lead in demonstrating the integrated Edge Localized Mode (ELM) and divertor power flux c.....»»
World"s most powerful magnet ready to ship
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 the fusion power of the sun......»»
A realistic model of the ITER tokamak magnetic fusion device
Tokamaks, devices that use magnetic fields to confine plasma into torus-shaped chamber, could play a crucial role in the development of highly performing nuclear fusion reactors. The ITER tokamak, which is set to be the largest nuclear tokamak in the.....»»