New research tackles key challenge for commercial fusion energy
b'OXFORD, England, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tokamak Energy is one of the world-leaders in the race for commercial fusion energy.
- b'OXFORD, England, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tokamak Energy is one of the world-leaders in the race for commercial fusion energy.
- "\nJack Astbury, Radiation Shielding Team Leader, from Tokamak Energy said: "It is great to be working with Patrick and his UNSW colleagues to tackle this crucial challenge for fusion power plants.
- "\nEstablished in 2009, Tokamak Energy is a private company working to develop compact fusion power.
- The company employs 150 people and has over 50 families of patent applications.\nTokamak Energy\'s approach to commercial fusion energy is to combine the new technology of high field-strength, high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets with the efficiency advantages of the spherical tokamak design.\nBased in Oxford, England, the company is a spin-out from Culham Laboratory, the world-leading centre for magnetic fusion energy research.