To Unlock Limitless Energy, Scientists Needed a Secret Ingredient—And They May Have Just Found It
The new material could be key to finally building a successful fusion reactor.
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A Fusion Machine Maintained Plasma for an Astonishing 22 Straight Minutes
The WEST tokamak just broke the record for retaining hot fusion plasma, holding on to it for an unprecedented 22 minutes.
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US to test crucial nuclear ‘fusion blanket’ to produce sun-like power on Earth
Scientists at the United States Idaho National Laboratory (INL) are carrying out tests for ‘fusion blanket’ technologies to ...
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China's 'artificial sun' sets new milestone by sustaining 100 million degrees for 1,000 seconds
China's Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor, also known as the 'artificial sun', has ...
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Japan’s JT-60SA Generates First Plasma As World’s Largest Superconducting Tokamak Fusion Reactor
Japan’s JT-60SA fusion reactor project announced first plasma in October of this year to denote the successful upgrades to what is now the world’s largest operational, superconducting tokamak ...
Scientists Just Uncovered a Major Challenge for Fusion Power – And It’s Not What You’d Expect
Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are exploring how deuterium, a potential fusion fuel, interacts with ...
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Some fuel lodges in the inner walls of fusion vessels: Researchers now have a better idea of how much
New research offers insights that could help reduce the amount of radioactive tritium embedded in the walls of fusion vessels to a minimum.
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France fusion reactor breaks record for plasma duration
ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) is a multinational fusion project in France aiming to prove that nuclear fusion can be a viable large-scale energy source. As the world’s ...
China’s EAST reactor keeps the fire of magnetic fusion burning
Chinese scientists sustain plasma at 100 million degrees C for 1,066 seconds in EAST, advancing nuclear fusion research.
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New record clocked for fusion plasma longevity
The WEST tokamak operated by the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) set this 1,337-second time ...
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France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes
The milestone was reached on February 12 at the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) WEST Tokamak reactor. Achieving the dream of commercial fusion power is the ...