In a comprehensive experimental study, an international team of researchers has confirmed the calculations of a leading ...

Fusion energy, the process of fusing light atomic nuclei to generate energy, has long been considered the key to a clean and ...

Scientists are conducting experiments to generate clean energy through fusion, the same sub-atomic reaction that powers our Sun, with the aim of constructing plants that produce more energy than they ...

but a magnetic confinement fusion reactor requires a massive financial investment.

Small modular reactors are compact nuclear reactors that ... Plasma turbulence is the main driver to deteriorate the performance of fusion power plants. This work presents an unprecedented ...

The term “detonation” might be a misnomer—Zubrin could be describing a rapid, sustained fission process that’s more energetic than a typical reactor but less violent ... cost and safety risks.

If magnetic fields or other factors become imbalanced, the plasma can cool or leak from the magnetic confinement. Tokamaks ... Once disruptions occur, the efficiency of fusion reactors plummets.

An artist’s interpretation of how a new computer code called QUADCOIL refines the design of stellarator fusion machines. Credit: Kyle Palmer / PPPL Communications Department QUADCOIL is a ...