NEWS: Magnetic fusion energy

December 30, 2015

8 Tech Breakthroughs of 2015 That Could Help Power the World

National Geographic lists MIT's proposed design for a modular fusion furnace among the "Advanced Nuclear Reactor" breakthroughs of 2015.

National Geographic

December 3, 2015

Which initiatives should the Breakthrough Energy Coalition fund?

Three MIT-led initiatives, including the PSFC's proposed small affordable safe fusion reactor.

BostInno

December 1, 2015

Carolena Ruprecht: On board with nuclear engineering for the Navy

Carolena Ruprecht will lead an elite crew responsible for maintaining and operating an aircraft carrier’s nuclear-powered systems.

Nuclear Science and Engineering

November 30, 2015

Maria Zuber: MIT Initiates 5-year Climate Change Plan

MIT Professor Maria Zuber discusses with WGBH Morning Edition host Bob Seay the Institutes plan to confront climate change.

WGBH

November 25, 2015

3D viewers and video games

Touring the PSFC from the APS-DPP meeting in Savannah, GA

PSFC

November 17, 2015

Breakthrough in superconducting materials opens new path to fusion

At the APS Division of Plasma Physics meeting in Savannah, GA, Alcator C-Mod project head Earl Marmar spoke about the PSFC's work on high magnetic field tokamak path on the approach to fusion energy.

November 13, 2015

Alex Tinguely: Working towards a fusion future

Tinguely studies how to magnetically confine plasmas in a toroidal vacuum vessel, so that fusion can occur.

PSFC

November 12, 2015

PSFC’s Lee featured in Nuclear Fusion 2014 Highlights collection

Lee’s article 'Turbulent momentum pinch of diamagnetic flows in a tokamak' is one of 22 papers featured in the Nuclear Fusion 2014 Highlights collection.

November 9, 2015

PSFC’s Mumgaard awarded Translational Fellowship

Mumgaard's work through the TFP will strengthen ties between the MIT PSFC and the innovation and entrepreneur communities at MIT. 

PSFC

November 5, 2015

PSFC research recognized by IAEA and the journal, Nuclear Fusion

Two papers focused on studies in Alcator C-Mod are among eleven that have been shortlisted for the 2015 Nuclear Fusion Prize.

PSFC

November 3, 2015

VIDEO: An 8T plasma discharge at the Alcator C-Mod tokamak

View and sound of plasma during a 2-second shot in the Alcator C-Mod tokamak at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

November 3, 2015

Alcator C-Mod successfully completes 2015 experimental campaign

On September 30, after 12.5 weeks of fusion research operation, MIT’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak completed its 2015 experimental campaign at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC). 

PSFC

October 22, 2015

MIT PSFC's Doody wins Best Paper Award for ADX design

Doody wins award at the COMSOL Conference 2015 for his paper “Structural Analysis of the Advanced Divertor eXperiment’s Proposed Vacuum Vessel".

PSFC

October 19, 2015

Booker and Kimmel visit Alcator C-Mod, explore new superconducting technology

PSFC

August 10, 2015

A small, modular, efficient fusion plant

New design could finally help to bring the long-sought power source closer to reality.

MIT News

June 17, 2015

Fusion Energy Sooner and Cheaper?

Dr. Dennis Whyte, the Director of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, showed that a series of scientific and engineering breakthroughs could enable fusion to become a feasible a power source faster and cheaper than anyone had thought possible.

American Security Project

June 17, 2015

Students advancing a future with carbon-free fusion

PhD candidates Adam Kuang and Alex Creely are thriving after their first year at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

MIT NSE

May 19, 2015

Anne White, one of 13 newly tenured MIT engineers

The School of Engineering has announced that 13 members of its faculty have been granted tenure by MIT, with appointments in seven of the eight academic departments in the School of Engineering.

MIT News

March 23, 2015

Anne White accepts the fusion challenge

Engineering professor undertakes innovative research in reactor design while working toward the realization of nuclear fusion.

MIT NSE

January 15, 2015

Smaller, faster experimentation seen at PSFC under Whyte

Disruptive technologies, like the ARC’s superconducting magnets, could create “an extremely exciting pathway that can make fusion happen sooner..."

MIT NSE

March 18, 2013

VIDEO: TEDxBeaconStreet: Bringing a Star to Earth for Energy

In this future-facing TEDxBeaconStreet talk, Dennis Whyte talks through the development of a revolutionary energy device that can change our world in a very big way.