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What Is Fusion Ignition?
Fusion ignition is a condition in which heating from fusion products becomes strong enough to sustain or amplify the fusion burn without relying only on continued extern…
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What Is a Tokamak?
A tokamak is a doughnut-shaped magnetic-confinement device designed to hold extremely hot plasma using strong magnetic fields so controlled nuclear fusion reactions can…
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How Does a Fusion Reactor Work?
A fusion reactor aims to create a hot plasma in which light nuclei fuse, confine or compress that plasma long enough to release useful energy, then capture the energy in…
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Russia installs the world's most powerful laser.
The construction of the new, ultra-powerful Tsar UFL-2M laser is progressing on schedule, and the system will reach its maximum capacity within 4-5 years.
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First image of fusion power plant that could power 50,000 homes
Tokamak Energy shares first images of commercial fusion power plant using 200 MW effective tokamak reactor.
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This Abundant Mineral on the Moon Could Power Humanity for Thousands of Years
This is also one of the driving forces urging countries to seek to conquer the Moon again.
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Discover the world's first reactor that can produce endless energy
This is the world's first reactor that will power the Earth using nuclear reactions like the Sun.
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Plasma fusion engine could enable intergalactic travel
Researchers are working to overcome the technological challenges to make fusion plasma engines a reality.
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New Zealand company moves closer to unlimited fusion energy
A New Zealand company is trying to recreate the energy of a star on Earth, using a new type of fusion reactor.
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Hundred times hotter than the core of the Sun, this country's rocket engine leaves American and Chinese rockets in the dust
Soon, the world will witness the ultimate orbital performance with this unique super rocket.
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100 MW power generation fusion reactor
Helical Fusion's spiral fusion reactor can operate stably for a long time with an initial power of about 50 - 100 MW.
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Nuclear rocket technology helps fly quickly to Mars
Pulsed Plasma Rocket technology allows flights to Mars to be completed in just 2 months, while the current time is about 9 months.
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French artificial sun sets plasma record
A reactor in southern France creates and maintains hot plasma of 50 million degrees Celsius for 6 minutes continuously, reaching an important milestone that helps make f…
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Japan inaugurated the world's largest fusion reactor
The JT-60SA reactor, as tall as 6 buildings in Japan, will create plasma as hot as 200 million degrees Celsius, paving the way for the goal of obtaining net energy from…
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Fusion power generation equipment reaches temperatures of 37 million degrees Celsius
FuZe is a small, low-cost device that can reach fusion power temperatures quickly and meet future human electricity needs.