Nuclear fusion

ASP Isotopes Inc. Enters Into Memorandum of Understanding With a Small Modular Reactor Company To Supply High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU)

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Thursday, September 28, 2023

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ASP Isotopes Inc. NASDAQ: ASPI (“ASPI,” or the “Company”), an advanced materials company dedicated to the development of technology and processes designed to produce isotopes used in multiple industries, today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a major SMR (small modular reactor) company and is also engaged in discussions with at least four other potential customers regarding the development of a High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) production facility with financial support from these future potential customers.

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  • These discussions include providing financial support for the development of a production facility and the future supply of metric tons of HALEU.
  • The Company is in discussions with potential customers who anticipate requiring over $30 billion(1) of HALEU at recent market prices.
  • HALEU will be required to enable many nuclear reactors, such as SMRs (small modular reactors), to operate in the future.
  • The Nuclear Energy Institute estimates that there may be a HALEU supply demand of approximately 3,000 metric tons by 2035(2).

Turbomolecular Pumps Market to Reach $1.9 Billion by 2028: Advancements in Vacuum Technology Propel Growth

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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

The global turbomolecular pumps (TMPs) market has achieved impressive growth, with a valuation of US$ 1.3 billion in 2022.

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  • The global turbomolecular pumps (TMPs) market has achieved impressive growth, with a valuation of US$ 1.3 billion in 2022.
  • Market analysts anticipate continued expansion, with the market projected to reach US$ 1.9 billion by 2028.
  • Turbomolecular pumps, or TMPs, are kinetic vacuum pumps consisting of a fast-spinning rotor, turbine, and stationary stator discs with gas conveying channels.
  • The market report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global turbomolecular pumps market, with segmentation based on:

Anthropocene Institute Advances Solid-State Fusion Energy at ICCF-25

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Thursday, August 17, 2023

Nuclear fusion has garnered intense interest and investment of late as people race to find clean, sustainable forms of energy to combat climate change.

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  • Nuclear fusion has garnered intense interest and investment of late as people race to find clean, sustainable forms of energy to combat climate change.
  • A subset of the fusion field, solid-state fusion energy has been observed for decades by independent researchers worldwide.
  • Sometimes known as cold fusion, or low energy nuclear reactions, observations suggest energy production on the scale of nuclear reactions but produced from within chemical systems without extreme temperatures or pressures.
  • ICCF-25 is curated to accelerate the emerging solid-state energy field into a new era of fundamental research and development.

Global Quantum Computing Market to Reach US$9.82 billion by 2028: German Government's Quantum Computing Initiative Boosts Market Expansion

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

DUBLIN, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Quantum Computing Market - Forecasts from 2023 to 2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • DUBLIN, July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Quantum Computing Market - Forecasts from 2023 to 2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The global quantum computing market was valued at US$592.99 million in 2021 and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 49.34% to reach US$9.82 billion by 2028.
  • Governments are spending heavily on quantum computing technology, which reflects the growing demand for the technology.
  • For instance, the German government announced in November 2021 that, within the next four years, quantum computer prototypes based on several architectures would be created as part of DLR's (German Aerospace Centre) Quantum Computing Initiative.

Guidehouse Insights Explores Barriers to Commercializing Nuclear Fusion

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

BOULDER, Colo., July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitigating climate change's environmental impact, a primary international concern, has renewed interest in nuclear fusion. A new report from Guidehouse Insights reviews the significance of nuclear fusion in tackling the growing demand for green energy.

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  • While nuclear fusion can push the energy transition to a net-zero world, tremendous efforts are needed to make nuclear fusion commercially viable
    BOULDER, Colo., July 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitigating climate change's environmental impact, a primary international concern, has renewed interest in nuclear fusion.
  • A new report from Guidehouse Insights reviews the significance of nuclear fusion in tackling the growing demand for green energy.
  • According to Guidehouse Insights, nuclear fusion possesses higher energy density than fission and offers varied technological approaches.
  • The report, Significant Barriers Remain to Commercializing Nuclear Fusion , reviews the significance of nuclear fusion in tackling the growing demand for green energy.

Nuclear fusion breakthrough: Decades of research are still needed before fusion can be used as clean energy

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

For the first time, more energy was released from a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it.

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  • For the first time, more energy was released from a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it.
  • While this achievement is indeed historic, it’s important to pause and reflect on the way ahead for fusion energy.

Defining system boundaries

    • In other words, the experiment used as much energy as the typical Canadian household does in two days.
    • Instead, we have to engineer a complex system that can control the nuclear fission chain reaction and convert the generated energy into more useful forms.
    • This is what nuclear power plants do — they harness the heat generated during nuclear fission reactions to make steam.
    • The huge energy potential of nuclear fuel is currently mitigated by the engineering challenges of converting that energy into a useful form.

From science to engineering

    • Regardless of the efficiency of a future fusion power plant, taking energy conversions from basic science to the real world will require overcoming a multitude of challenges.
    • Fission also had to move from science to engineering before the commercial industry could take off.
    • The science of fusion energy, as with nuclear fission, is rooted in efforts to develop nuclear weapons.

Lessons learned

    • What have we learned over the past 70 years since the onset of nuclear power?
    • First, we’ve learned about the potentially devastating risk of technology lock-in, which occurs when an industry becomes dependent on a specific product or system.
    • Today’s light-water fission reactors — reactors that use normal water as opposed to water enriched with a hydrogen isotope — are an example of this.
    • They were not chosen because they were the most desirable, but for other reasons.
    • Second, we’ve learned that size matters.

A call to action

    • Billions of dollars are needed to advance nuclear fission technology, and we have far more experience with fission than with fusion.
    • Our central message is a call to action: fusion engineers, researchers, industry and government must organize to investigate and mitigate the challenges that face fusion, including in the design of the first generation of power plants.
    • We are proud to be training the next generation of energy engineers to design new and better energy solutions.

DAHON Founder Dr. David Hon: The Evolution of a Physicist to the Father of Modern Folding Bikes

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

OLNEY, Ill., June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading folding bike brand DAHON Chairman Dr. David Hon, a pioneer in the folding bicycle industry, has developed a patented technology called "Deltec" for all new DAHON bikes this year. This patented technology has been proven through extensive indoor and outdoor testing as well as riding data analyses. The Deltec technology empowers DAHON bikes with unmatched strength and speed, surpassing the performance of conventional mountain and road bikes on the market.

Key Points: 
  • The Deltec technology empowers DAHON bikes with unmatched strength and speed, surpassing the performance of conventional mountain and road bikes on the market.
  • In 1982, Dr. Hon introduced to the world the first DAHON folding bike, serving as the prototype for the majority of contemporary folding bicycles.
  • Subsequently, Dr. Hon became known as the Father of Modern Folding Bikes, transitioning from a physicist to a passionate advocate for low-carbon travel and a staunch defender of the environment.
  • No longer limited to folding bikes, DAHON's product portfolio now encompasses electric, electric assist, chauffeur, carbon fiber, telescopic, learners', and children's bikes.

DAHON Founder Dr. David Hon: The Evolution of a Physicist to the Father of Modern Folding Bikes

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

OLNEY, Ill., June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading folding bike brand DAHON Chairman Dr. David Hon, a pioneer in the folding bicycle industry, has developed a patented technology called "Deltec" for all new DAHON bikes this year. This patented technology has been proven through extensive indoor and outdoor testing as well as riding data analyses. The Deltec technology empowers DAHON bikes with unmatched strength and speed, surpassing the performance of conventional mountain and road bikes on the market.

Key Points: 
  • The Deltec technology empowers DAHON bikes with unmatched strength and speed, surpassing the performance of conventional mountain and road bikes on the market.
  • In 1982, Dr. Hon introduced to the world the first DAHON folding bike, serving as the prototype for the majority of contemporary folding bicycles.
  • Subsequently, Dr. Hon became known as the Father of Modern Folding Bikes, transitioning from a physicist to a passionate advocate for low-carbon travel and a staunch defender of the environment.
  • No longer limited to folding bikes, DAHON's product portfolio now encompasses electric, electric assist, chauffeur, carbon fiber, telescopic, learners', and children's bikes.

Pulsar Fusion Enters Research Partnership with Princeton Satellite Systems to Apply Nuclear Fusion Propulsion to Future Space Travel

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

BLETCHLEY, England, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pulsar Fusion, developers of clean space propulsion systems and services through fusion, has entered into a partnership with Princeton Satellite Systems (PSS) to apply machine learning to study data from the Princeton field-reverse configuration (PFRC-2) reactor to advance delivery of practical fusion propelled spacecraft that can make interstellar space travel practical.

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  • With fusion propulsion the solar system is realistically within grasp giving us the ability to travel meaningful distances in space within months and years - not in a lifetime.
  • The partnership will apply the most advanced machine learning technologies to analyze the behavior of super-hot fusion plasma in a rocket engine configuration.
  • We believe that fusion propulsion will be demonstrated in space decades before we can harness fusion for energy on Earth."
  • The company is the world leader in nuclear fusion propulsion making space engines that work today.

SOFIA Helps Reveal a Destroyed Planetary System

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Wednesday, May 24, 2023

These observations provide one potential explanation for the fate of these planetary remains.

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  • These observations provide one potential explanation for the fate of these planetary remains.
  • The Helix Nebula is an old planetary nebula – expanding, glowing gas ejected from its host star after its main-sequence life ended.
  • The nebula has a very young white dwarf at its center, but this central white dwarf is peculiar.
  • To answer the question of where this excess emission comes from, the astronomers first determined where it could not have come from.