The reactor has officially achieved first plasma, and preliminary results have been reported in the journal Nuclear Fusion ... which aims to design fusion energy for future power plants.

A new record in nuclear fusion research has been set in China: The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) fusion reactor has succeeded in maintaining a plasma with a temperature of ...

Few fusion startups have been as closely ... lowering the bar to break even. The current design for a commercial-scale Helion reactor will pulse a few times per second, Kirtley said.

Combined with the EAST reactor and others like it, this may be the beginning of the answer to nuclear fusion, a Holy Grail of energy production. Terry Thomas is a wildlife biologist and naturalist.

Fusion reactor materials also become radioactive as they are bombarded with highly energetic particles. Researchers need to design new materials ... Right now, conventional nuclear reactors ...

One of the scientific teams helping to develop a Chinese nuclear fusion reactor capable of producing unlimited power has unveiled a device they say will be key to testing whether the facility can ...

The latest simulations could be a massive step in this regard. It could pave the way for the successful operation of ITER, the world’s largest nuclear fusion reactor under construction in France.