New types of fusion reactor
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Researchers achieve milestone on path toward nuclear fusion energy
U.S. government scientists said on Wednesday they have taken an important step in the long trek toward making nuclear fusion - the very process that powers stars - a viable energy source for humankind.
Depends how you mean. It will be a long time before we have fusion-powered cars, but the heat of fusion reactors could be used to produce hydrogen from water by thermal cracking.
Conceptually reminds me of the triple point for the conventional states of matter regarding pressure and temperature.
The key difference is that plasma, given its extremely high ionisation (that other states of matter do not enjoy), involves electromagnetic energy.
The further understanding of its effects (such as the theoretical limit described) at the "bounds" we are currently at.... will improve its practical use over time.
A general comparison between tokamak and stellarator plasmas
A general comparison between tokamak and stellarator plasmas
This paper generally compares the essential features between tokamaks and stellarators, based on previous review work individually made by authors on several specific topics, such as theories, bulk...
aip.scitation.org
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Russia develops a fission-fusion hybrid reactor - Nuclear Engineering International
A new fission-fusion hybrid reactor will be assembled at Russia’s Kurchatov Institute by the end of 2018, Peter Khvostenko, scientific adviser of the Kurchatov complex on thermonuclear energy and plasma technologies, announced on 14 May....
New magnet breakthrough could unleash smaller, more potent fusion reactors
A group of researchers from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory found a way to build powerful magnets much smaller than ever before.
interestingengineering.com