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National Fusion Facility Achieves Milestone 

December 10, 2024 Editorial Staff 0

The DIII-D National Fusion Facility in San Diego, home of the largest magnetic fusion research machine in the U.S., recently surpassed its 200,000th experimental cycle since it began operations, marking an important milestone in the development of clean fusion energy. Referred to as “shots,” each of these tests and discharges have advanced the U.S. fusion research program’s collective understanding of how to create, shape, and confine plasmas to support the development of fusion as a source of base-load energy in the future. […]

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Bluefors Taps into Global Demand for Cryogenics in Quantum Computing & Scientific Research 

January 2, 2024 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Bluefors Taps into Global Demand for Cryogenics in Quantum Computing & Scientific Research 

Cryogenics developer Bluefors of Finland is expanding globally as demands for its sophisticated magnets and other ultra-low temperature products find new placements in quantum computing, fusion research and other cutting-edge scientific endeavors. Leveraging its partnership […]

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Zap Energy Aims for Fusion without Expensive Magnetic Coils 

December 26, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Zap Energy Aims for Fusion without Expensive Magnetic Coils 

Zap Energy, the company seeking to develop a low-cost fusion energy platform that confines and compresses plasma without the use of expensive and complex magnetic coils, will be explaining their Z-pinch technology in a plenary session at Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) in February at Long Beach, California. As usual, Magnetics Magazine serves as a media partner to the event. […]

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Magnetic Containment of Fusion Energy Seen as Key to ‘Breakthrough of the Century’ 

November 27, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Magnetic Containment of Fusion Energy Seen as Key to ‘Breakthrough of the Century’ 

Focused on magnetic technology for the confinement of fusion energy, German venture-backed startups Gauss Fusion and Proxima Fusion are moving resolutely to become front-runners in the global race to pioneer commercial fusion power – seen by many as what could be one of the greatest breakthroughs of this century. New leadership, new partners and new funding are coming together at Gauss, but it is not a lone runner as Proxima builds on its close affiliation with the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. […]

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HTS Tape Manufacturers Scale Up for Magnetic Tokamak Growth for Fusion Energy 

November 16, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on HTS Tape Manufacturers Scale Up for Magnetic Tokamak Growth for Fusion Energy 

The prospect of carbon-free energy from fusion has accelerated the development of tokamaks in recent years, driving the demand for high-temperature superconductor (HTS) tape, the technology at the heart of the extremely strong electromagnets used to confine plasma in magnetic-confinement fusion reactors. Now, manufacturers of HTS tape, notably Faraday Factory and Fujikara, both located in Japan, are ramping up their production capabilities and deliveries as the global demand for HTS tape is expected to grow tenfold in the next five years. Lasers from Coherent Corp. are playing a key role.  […]

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Superconducting Magnets Built by Tokamak Energy for Fusion Power

March 6, 2023 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Superconducting Magnets Built by Tokamak Energy for Fusion Power

Creating clean, sustainable fusion energy requires strong magnetic fields to confine and control the extremely hot, positively-charged hydrogen fuel, which becomes a plasma several times hotter than the sun. Now, Tokamak Energy in the UK has built a world-first set of new generation high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets to be assembled and tested in fusion power plant scenarios. The magnets use HTS tape from Furukawa Electric and SuperPower, a New York-based affiliate in the Furukawa Electric Group. […]

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CFS Blazes Path to Fusion Power with Powerful Magnet and $1.8 Billion Funding 

April 25, 2022 Editorial Staff Comments Off on CFS Blazes Path to Fusion Power with Powerful Magnet and $1.8 Billion Funding 

With more than $1.8 billion in blue-ribbon investor funding and successful demonstrations of the practicality of a record-powerful magnet, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a spinoff from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is trailblazing a path toward commercializing fusion energy. It plans to reach the long-coveted destination in the early 2030s. Two big steps were accomplished recently – one involves money, the other technology using high-temperature superconducting tape. […]