In England for the last two years, research scientist Alex Tinguely has been overseeing a special antenna used on the UK’s record-breaking fusion experiment.
PSFC research scientist Alessandro Marinoni researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have discovered promising evidence that reversing the conventional shape of the plasma in the tokamak chamber can create a more stable environment for fusion to occur, even under high pressure.
As part of an initiative to support the development of nuclear fusion as a future practical energy source, the U. S Department of Energy is renewing 3-year funding for two PSFC projects on the Wendelstein7-X (W7-X) stellarator at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics in Greifswald, Germany.
Fusion researchers at the PSFC, with colleagues in Belgium and the UK, have created a new method of heating fusion plasmas in tokamaks. The new method has resulted in raising trace amounts of ions to megaelectronvolt (MeV) energies — an order of magnitude greater than previously achieved.
Paul Ennever, as part of his thesis research, has spent more than a year diluting plasma, the hot fuel that powers MIT’s fusion-based experimental tokamak reactor, Alcator C-Mod.
MIT and collaborators start Wendelstin W-7X — the world’s largest fusion experiment designed in the stellarator line of magnetic confinement fusion devices.
Professor Miklos Porkolab received the 2013 Hannes Alfvén Prize at a ceremony held in Espoo (Helsinki), Finland on July 1. The honor, given annually by the European Physical Society (EPS) during their Conference on Plasma Physics, recognizes outstanding work in the field of plasma science and fusion research.
