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Here is one of the many TAE Technologies abstracs at the 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics conference: Abstract: PP11.00080 : Overview of C-2W Field-Reversed Configuration Experimental Program TAE Technologies’ research is devoted to producing high temperature, stable, long-l...

General Fusion has published a new paper. It is paywalled unless you have access through a university or research institute. Magnetized Target Fusion with a Spherical Tokamak Abstract With good confinement and relatively high beta (up to 40%), the spherical tokamak could be a suitable magnetized tar...

The 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics will take place Monday–Friday, November 5–9, 2018 in Portland, Oregon. The abstracts for the conference are available and there is quite a lot of interesting ones to read. TAE Technologies alone has 39 submitted abstracts. Also Lockheed M...

This is a Tokamak Energy abstract for the upcoming 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics conference. Abstract: YO5.00009 : Initial Operation of the ST40 Spherical Tokamak Advances in High Temperature Superconductor magnet technology allow a significant increase in the toroidal fi...

Here is Helion Energys abstract for the upcoming 60th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics conference. Abstract: BM9.00005 : Overview of Staged Magnetic Compression of FRC targets Helion Energy is building several fusion systems, based on Staged Magnetic Compression of Field Reverse ...

Reparing NSTX-U is a long term project. Here the status of the project is described: Abstract: YO5.00002 : Status and Plans for the NSTX-U Recovery Project The NSTX Upgrade device began operation in 2016 and performed 10 weeks of commissioning activities and initial scientific research. However, a n...

The Fusion Podcast by Dr. Matthew Moynihan has an interview with Dr Jaeyoung Park: Dr. Jaeyoung Park serves as the head of Energy Matter Conversion Corporation (EMC2) in San Diego California. Dr. Park received a doctorate in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University in 1997 and is the author ...

Dr Park has given the talk A Compact Fusion Approach Using Magnetic Confinement of Electrons and Electrostatic Acceleration of Ions during the ENN Symposium on Compact Fusion Technologies, April 19-20, 2018, Langfang, China. The simulation code they are working with is the ECsim: G. Lapenta, D. Gonz...

The ENN Symposium on Compact Fusion Technologies took place during April 19-20, 2018 in Langfang, China. The titles of the presentations look interesting. Dr Park participated in this symposium.

http://www.ennresearch.com/fusionsymposium2018/InvitedSpeakers/

Alan Boyle has written about the plans of TAE Technologies: TAE rearranges its leadership and gets ready for next chapter in fusion quest backed by Paul Allen,
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/tae-rearranges-leadership-gets-ready-next-chapter-fusion-quest-backed-paul-allen/

The talk General Fusion Program by David Plant at the First IAEA Workshop on Fusion Enterprises has been added to the web page at https://nucleus.iaea.org/sites/fusionportal/Shared%20Documents/Enterprises/2018/Presentations/13.06/Plant.pdf . It is is good summary of where they are now.

The First IAEA Workshop on Fusion Enterprises was organized in Santa Fe, USA during the time 13th to 15th of June 2018. Most of the presentations are available. The summaries of the different approaches are quite nice. https://nucleus.iaea.org/sites/fusionportal/Shared%20Documents/Enterprises/2018/S...

NIF reports on progress using a diamond target and uranium hohlraum:

https://physicsworld.com/a/giant-lasers-pass-new-milestone-towards-fusion-energy/
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.245003

ASIPP and TAE Shake Hands to Increase Cooperate in Fusion Technologies Institute of Plasma Physics (ASIPP) and TAE Technologies Inc. (TAE) is to increase their cooperate in Fusion Technologies, according to MOU signed on a high-level meeting between the two side, which was held on 1st June in Hefei...

General Fusion moved also when they were growing in number of persons. Tokamak Energy has now about 40 people in their team according to their web page. You can see from the picture of the surroundings of the ST40 that the space is already quite crowded. When you raise the temperature to fusion rele...