Trump deal or not, nuclear fusion age is far from imminent
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Let’s start with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility (NIF)—arguably the largest, most established fusion research facility in the world. This year, NIF continued firing its reactor, tweaking even the most minute details of its setup in hopes of the slightest improvement in energy yield efficiency.
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The nuclear fusion breakthrough scientists once called impossible
Nuclear fusion has long been the energy world’s moonshot, a reaction so powerful and so difficult to tame that many physicists once doubted it would ever be harnessed on Earth. Yet in the past few years,
Germany pivots to nuclear fusion, partnering with Focused Energy and RWE. Breakthroughs at Lawrence Livermore bring commercial fusion closer to reality.
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US firm reveals fusion reactor design aiming for fission-level power reliability
Thea Energy's Helios nuclear power plant design uses technologies available today to make fusion energy commercially feasible by the end of the decade.
Tokamak Energy, a UK-based nuclear fusion startup, has secured $125 million in funding to further develop its distinctive egg-shaped reactor design. The investment has come at a time when the world is increasingly seeking environment-friendly energy ...
TAE advances hydrogen boron fusion by removing a 100 GW starter, cutting costs and giving readers a simple look at cleaner energy.