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New research tackles key challenge for commercial fusion energy

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

b'OXFORD, England, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tokamak Energy is one of the world-leaders in the race for commercial fusion energy.

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  • 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.

New research tackles key challenge for commercial fusion energy

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

b'- It turns out that scientists at UNSW Sydney have the answer and Tokamak Energy, a UK company developing commercial fusion energy, is excited about the technology\nOXFORD, England, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tokamak Energy is one of the world-leaders in the race for commercial fusion energy.

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  • b'- It turns out that scientists at UNSW Sydney have the answer and Tokamak Energy, a UK company developing commercial fusion energy, is excited about the technology\nOXFORD, 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.

US Researchers Design Compact Fusion Power Plant

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Monday, March 29, 2021

In the past few months, both the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released reports calling for aggressive development of fusion energy in the U.S.

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  • In the past few months, both the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released reports calling for aggressive development of fusion energy in the U.S.
    Now, scientists at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility have released a new design for a compact fusion reactor that can generate electricity and help define the technology necessary for commercial fusion power.
  • A key recommendation of both reports is developing the science and engineering basis for a low-capital-cost fusion pilot plant that will lay the groundwork for commercial fusion reactors.
  • A fusion power plant uses magnetic fields to hold a ball of current-carrying hot gas, called a plasma, to make a miniature sun that generates energy through nuclear fusion.
  • On the way to a fusion power plant, there are still a variety of design options to be considered, said Professor Hartmut Zohm, a leading scientist on fusion energy development with the Max-Planck-Institute of Plasma Physics in Germany, who was not involved in the design.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems Selects 47-Acre Site in Devens, Mass., for Historic Commercial Fusion Energy Campus

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the leading company commercializing fusion energy, today announced it will build a 47-acre commercial fusion energy campus in Devens, Massachusetts.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), the leading company commercializing fusion energy, today announced it will build a 47-acre commercial fusion energy campus in Devens, Massachusetts.
  • Thecampus will be the birthplace of the commercial fusion energy industry and home tothe compact fusion device SPARC that will demonstrate fusion can work as a power source.
  • "This campus is an important milestone in our mission tocommercialize fusion energy and combat climate change.
  • Supported by the world's leading investors in breakthrough energy technologies, CFS is uniquely positioned to deliver the fastest path to commercial fusion energy.

New Analysis Promises Accelerated Development Of Fusion Power

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

- The finding opens a path to rapid development of fusion power, made possible by the latest breakthroughs in high temperature superconducting magnets

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  • - The finding opens a path to rapid development of fusion power, made possible by the latest breakthroughs in high temperature superconducting magnets
    OXFORD, England, March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Tokamak Energy .
  • High efficiency is an essential requirement for making electricity from compact, relatively inexpensive fusion power plants, and tokamaks are the leading fusion power device.
  • With their compact "cored apple" rather than doughnut shape, spherical tokamaks are particularly attractive for fusion power production.
  • The paper indicates how multiple engineering challenges will have to be overcome to turn theory into reality to construct a compact fusion power plant.