Inside the construction of the ITER reactor The UK government has spurned an invitation to become an official member of the ITER nuclear fusion experiment, having lost access to the project following Brexit. Instead, the government plans to focus on UK-based fusion efforts, both public and private. ITER, the world’s …
Read More »How do you recycle a nuclear fusion reactor? We're about to find out
The UK’s JET nuclear fusion reactor has been shut down after 40 years, and now researchers hope to repurpose many of its components in a world-first attempt at recycling a tokamak Source link
Read More »UK’s JET nuclear fusion reactor sets new world record for energy output
Inside the JET fusion reactor EUROfusion The UK’s 40-year-old fusion reactor achieved a world record for energy output in its final runs before being shut down for good, scientists have announced. The Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire began operating in 1983. When running, it was temporarily the hottest point …
Read More »UK’s JET nuclear fusion reactor smashes its own records in final tests
Inside the JET fusion reactor EUROfusion The UK’s 40-year-old fusion reactor smashed its own record for both reaction duration and energy output in its final runs before being shut down for good, scientists have announced. The Joint European Torus (JET) in Oxfordshire began operating in 1983. When running, it was …
Read More »Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in
Fusion experiments at the US National Ignition Facility have achieved a significant milestone Philip Saltonstall Scientists have confirmed that a fusion reaction in 2022 reached a historic milestone by unleashing more energy than was put into it – and subsequent trials have produced even better results, they say. The findings, …
Read More »First practical use for nuclear fusion could help cancer treatment
Radioisotopes are used in radiation therapy for breast cancer Mark Kostich/Getty Images The first useful application of fusion reactors may be to create radioactive isotopes for cancer treatment or medical imaging rather than to generate energy, claims a UK start-up firm. Scientists and engineers have worked on building a fusion …
Read More »Future of fusion: How the UK’s JET reactor paved the way for ITER
Earlier this year, the Joint European Torus (JET) turned 40. JET is a fusion energy tokamak device based in Oxfordshire, UK, operated by the UK Atomic Energy Authority. When powered up, plasma rushes around the reactor’s core at 150 million°C, hotter than the centre of the sun. After decades of …
Read More »Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Have US scientists finally produced cheap, clean energy?
The US National Ignition Facility uses lasers to compress a fuel capsule Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Shutterstock A breakthrough fusion experiment has produced a net gain in energy for only the second time ever and with improved performance over the first successful attempt. But before you get excited about the coming …
Read More »Nuclear fusion: Has there been a breakthrough at the US National Ignition Facility?
Update: Nuclear fusion researchers have achieved historic energy milestone A controlled fusion reaction has generated more energy than was put into the system for the first time, bringing viable fusion power another step closer to reality Source link
Read More »Nuclear fusion researchers have achieved historic energy milestone
The National Ignition Facility in California Damien Jemison For the first time on Earth, a controlled fusion reaction has generated more power than it requires to run, researchers have confirmed. The experiment is a major step towards commercial fusion power, but experts say there is still a vast engineering effort …
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