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UK fusion reactors to get super strong tungsten to beat extreme heat with eMELT device
The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has made a significant effort toward developing operational fusion ...
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Startup gets massive funding boost that could revolutionize how we generate energy: 'Really wanted to simplify'
The French startup is looking to tackle one of clean energy's biggest challenges: making fusion reactors simpler, cheaper, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
A Stunning Fusion Rocket Could Cut Interplanetary Travel in Half—and We'll Try It in Just 2 Years
Fusion has long been the propulsion end-goal for interplanetary travel, and a U.K.-based company thinks on its way to ...
Renaissance Fusion raises €32M to radically simplify complex fusion reactors
The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain.
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It’s a totally-new source or energy — Negative triangularity shocks experts
Negative triangularity is changing fusion energy! The SMART tokamak's new plasma shape could lead to compact, efficient ...
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It looks like an extraterrestrial spacecraft: It’s producing the most extreme energy in history
A German energy company has unveiled what’s being described as the world’s most viable fusion reactor concept and it’s bringing nuclear energy one step closer to mainstream adoption. The company, a ...
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UKAEA orders $800,000 eMELT machine from Freemelt
UKAEA orders $800,000 eMELT machine from Freemelt to deliver large-scale production tests of 3D printed tungsten tiles for ...
Milestone achieved in predicting turbulence in fusion plasmas
In a comprehensive experimental study, an international team of researchers has confirmed the calculations of a leading ...
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Fuel breakthrough paves way for cutting-edge nuclear reactor
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has cleared a major hurdle in making a Generation IV nuclear reactor practical. Using a ...