Credit to Author: Thomas W. Overton| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:19:54 +0000
Over the last three years, electricity generation from fusion has moved from the realm of science fiction to the brink of serious development. A lot has happened, but challenges remain before fusion arrives on
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 05:19:00 +0000
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Dec. 13 “the achievement of fusion ignition.” The milestone is a major scientific breakthrough, decades in the making. Fusion, of course, is the process by
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 19:03:35 +0000
The UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA’s) ground-breaking STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) prototype fusion energy plant will be built at the site of the West Burton power station, a 1-GW coal-fired plant owned by EDF in North Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands region of England, the UK government announced on Oct. 6. UKAEA, which carries out […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 16:23:33 +0000
Scientists and engineers working at the Joint European Torus (JET) have set a new record for sustained fusion energy. The team on Feb. 9 reported producing 59 megajoules of fusion energy, more than doubling the previous record of 21.7 megajoules set in 1997 at JET. The achievement was touted as “a major step forward on […]
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