Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory researchers developed a magnetic field configuration called “permanent magnet stellarators” that simplifies fusion reactor design. The innovation uses simple permanent magnets in clever arrangements to create the perfect environment for plasma containment.

@goodnews

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https://thedebrief.org/department-of-energy-funded-fusion-breakthrough-achieves-paradigm-shift-in-magnetic-confinement/

La #fusion vous semble être l'énergie qui nous sauvera tous ? Désolé de doucher vos espoirs :

https://thebulletin.org/2017/04/fusion-reactors-not-what-theyre-cracked-up-to-be/

(Article en Anglais)
#nucleaire #nuclearfusion #fusionbreakthrough

Today is a #FusionBreakthrough presser they've been teasing us with since the weekend.

It's giving me flashbacks to the benchtop-fusion kerfuffle. I had a student job in semiconductor physics a few years before the web, and all the physicist staff were getting faxed copies of the paper from distant friends and photocopies of photocopies were being shared by sneaker net.

Exciting time… but the flaws and red-flags popped up quickly.