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.
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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 new technique brings us a step closer to commercially viable nuclear fusion.
interestingengineering.com
Winning bid announced to host UK fusion plant
The West Burton power plant site in Nottinghamshire, England, has been selected to host the UK's prototype fusion energy plant - the Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production. The demonstration plant is due to begin operating by 2040.;
www.world-nuclear-news.org
