Tokamak Energy reveals pilot plant design details, Thales and Max Planck set a world record, DOE announces $30M for commercial fusion
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October 30, 2024
Mechanical design engineer Jasmine Mund gives this week's global fusion news update, summarizing behind all of the major headlines. Links to all of the stories mentioned are included below.
1. Tokamak Energy gives details of pilot fusion energy plant design
https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/tokamak-energy-gives-details-of-pilot-fusion-energy-plant-design
2. Thales and the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics set a world record in the field of nuclear fusion
https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/group/press_release/thales-and-max-planck-institute-plasma-physics-set-world-record-field
3. For Heating Plasma in Fusion Devices, Researchers Unravel How Electrons Respond to Neutral Beam Injection
https://www.energy.gov/science/fes/articles/heating-plasma-fusion-devices-researchers-unravel-how-electrons-respond
4. Nuclear fusion push: General Atomics releases FUSE to speed up reactor development
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/general-atomics-fuse-nuclear-fusion-energy
5. U.S. Department of Energy Announces Nearly $30 Million for 13 Projects to Enable Commercial Fusion Energy
https://arpa-e.energy.gov/news-and-media/press-releases/us-department-energy-announces-nearly-30-million-13-projects-enable
Bonus:
https://energynews.pro/en/progress-of-fusion-reactors-in-spain-and-new-zealand/
https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/fusion-as-the-future-of-baseload-energy-powering-a-decarbonised-world/52112/
https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/s127
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/mast-upgrade-1600-fusion-plasma-pulses
https://interestingengineering.com/science/plasma-thrusters-nuclear-fusion-boost
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