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US nuclear fusion lab hits 200,000 plasma ‘shots,’ a milestone powering hopes
Each of these cycles, known as “shots,” involves creating, shaping, and confining plasmas within the DIII-D tokamak, a doughnut-shaped device that utilizes powerful electromagnets to contain ...
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Nuclear fusion experiment overcomes two key operating hurdles
DIII-D’s plasma chamber has an outside radius of just 1.6 metres, and isn’t yet know whether the same method would work for ITER, the next-generation tokamak under construction in France ...
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Some fuel lodges in the inner walls of fusion vessels: Researchers now have a better idea of how much
These boron film samples were created using a plasma made of a gas containing boron and deuterium (as well as with some impurities) in DIII-D, a tokamak at General Atomics. The carbon and the ...
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Some fuel will get stuck in inner walls of fusion vessels: Research provides a better idea of how much
These boron film samples were created using a plasma made of a gas containing boron and deuterium (as well as with some impurities) in DIII-D, a tokamak at General Atomics. The carbon and the ...