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 ...
Simulations show six valves provide ideal setup for rapidly dispersing cooling gas
When the plasma inside a fusion system starts to misbehave, it needs to be quickly cooled to prevent damage to the device.
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How Researchers Found a Greener Way to Make Fuel for Nuclear Fusion—By Accident
Researchers have found an environmentally safer way to extract the lithium 6 needed to create fuel for nuclear fusion ...
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Gas injection setup in new fusion system is guided by public-private research
Researchers have determined that six gas valves provide the best protection against plasma disruptions in SPARC, a next-generation, experimental fusion system. By refining the setup for the fusion ...
Scientists Were Cleaning Dirty Water – Then They Accidentally Solved a Fusion Energy Problem
Scientists have discovered a mercury-free method to isolate lithium-6, a vital ingredient in nuclear fusion fuel. The breakthrough emerged by accident during water purification research and uses a ...
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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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12-year-old US boy builds nuclear fusion reactor, gets visit from FBI
Jackson Oswalt, a 12-year-old teen from Memphis, US, built a nuclear fusion reactor in his bedroom and made a Guinness World ...