LPP Fusion Plans Break Even within 12-18 Months (mic drop)
Startup LPP Fusion laid out it’s plans to reach break even or possibly net energy within the next twelve to eighteen months. Break even is […]
Month: February 2020
Enhanced Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) Design Work Prevents Heat Loss
Design work and testing on the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator has shown that the leaking of hot core plasma to the cooler edges has been […]
New Australian Company has Solved the Fusion Hurdle? Wait, What?
HB11 a company spun out of the University of South Wales claimed last week it had cracked the problem of getting to net energy quickly […]
US Department of Energy – $50M for Fusion Research
The US Government is putting $50M USD into research work on fusion energy. $20M will be used to essentially fund ITER related projects both in […]
Not a Stellarator or Tokamak? Here’s an Update on Some Other Reactors – 2020
So a few weeks back we posted a link to a great article on the big (read big money) reactors and the work going on […]
Hotter Plasma by Cooling?
Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez , studying at MIT, focused his thesis on fusion plasma issues in tokamaks. Rodriguez-Fernandez found that by cooling certain parts at the edge of […]
US National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Rebuild to Begin in April
The non-functioning US National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) undergo repairs in April according to reports. The NSTX tokamak based […]