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Nuclear fusion plasma could be stabilized against large eruptions – by causing lots of small ones

Michael Irving July 2, 2019

Nuclear fusion could be an essentially unlimited energy source, but large eruptions in the plasma can damage reactors. But now physicists have found a way to prevent those large eruptions, by triggering lots of small ones through the injection of tiny pellets of beryllium.

The researchers conducted the experiments in the DIII-D tokamak in San Diego

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Milestone claimed as experimental nuclear reactor reaches temperature of the Sun

Nick Lavars June 7, 2018

A relatively new player on the nuclear fusion scene, a UK company called Tokamak Energy, is claiming a new milestone in the area after heating its ST40 device to 15 million degrees Celsius, similar to temperatures found at the center of the Sun.

Tokamak Energy hopes to hit temperatures of 100 million degrees Celsius inside its experimental nuclear reactor