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- Wed Aug 09, 2023 2:21 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: National Ignition Facility
- Replies: 27
- Views: 19700
Re: National Ignition Facility
CFS is aiming for 2025 with the SPARC and General Fusion today issued a press release aiming for 2026 with their Lawson Machine 26 (LM26). Tokamak Energy and TAE Technologies also have detailed plans. The next step after achieving scientific breakeven is to do that repeatedly and reliably, which req...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 8:39 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
- Replies: 681
- Views: 124030
Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
From David Kirtley's talk at SOFE. darn the capacitor banks are huge compared to the fusion core. From what I understand from what David told me, the banks get smaller with higher pulse rates, but I am not sure how all of this fits together with the Microsoft plant. HelionSOFE01b.jpg Some spin- off...
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: General Fusion in the news
- Replies: 591
- Views: 370839
Re: General Fusion in the news
The quote continues: The data gathered from LM26 will be incorporated into the design of the company’s planned near-commercial machine in the UK. This is another quote from the FIA 2023 report: Recent company investments: General Fusion relocated and expanded its headquarters to Richmond, B.C. The n...
- Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:42 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
- Replies: 681
- Views: 124030
Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
David Kirtley gave a written testimony for the Energy Subcommittee Hearing - From Theory to Reality: The Limitless Potential of Fusion Energy: https://science.house.gov/2023/6/energy-subcommittee-hearing . His testimony expresses the confidence that Helion has in what they are doing: https://republi...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:57 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
- Replies: 681
- Views: 124030
Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
Helion Energy is reporting progress on their pulsed power supply system: David Kirtley @dekirtley This represents a major stride in Helion’s technology development. Trenta pulsed once every ten minutes. This test showed we can pulse the power systems for Polaris once per second for long durations. H...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: MIT claim they will build the SPARC
- Replies: 55
- Views: 51512
Re: MIT claim they will build the SPARC
The dollars will undoubteldy be spent on the SPARC magnets and on the ARC development work. A diverse workforce is good so that they have access to a broad range of talent. A policy like that will not cost extra.
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:48 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: New Funding
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1781
Re: New Funding
The awardees are: Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Focused Energy Inc, Princeton Stellarators Inc, Realta Fusion Inc, Tokamak Energy Inc, Type One Energy Group, Xcimer Energy Inc, and Zap Energy Inc ZAP is in there, good to see. I wonder what the selection process was. Have a look on the links in these...
- Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:45 am
- Forum: Fund-Raising
- Topic: Department of Energy Announces $46 Million in awards for Milestone-Based Fusion Development
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3106
Re: Department of Energy Announces $46 Million in awards for Milestone-Based Fusion Development
The DOE press release can be seen in this FPA note: http://qedfusion.org/FPA/fpn23-26.shtml. The original application instructions can be seen here https://science.osti.gov/-/media/grants ... 002809.pdf.
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:09 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: MIT claim they will build the SPARC
- Replies: 55
- Views: 51512
Re: MIT claim they will build the SPARC
The CFS project Commercial fusion power on a decadal timescale with the compact, high-field ARC power plant was awarded a grant from the DOE $46 Million Milestone-Based Fusion Development programme. The CFS press release on this topic mentions what they will be doing with the funding: CFS milestones...
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:59 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: ZAP Energy News
- Replies: 146
- Views: 35181
Re: ZAP Energy News
Zap Energy got $5 Million of new funding from the DOE $46 Million Milestone-Based Fusion Development programme for a project with the title Development of a Fusion Pilot Plant Design Based on a Sheared-Flow-Stabilized Z Pinch . In connection with the article about this new grant there is this quote:...
- Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: Fund-Raising
- Topic: Department of Energy Announces $46 Million in awards for Milestone-Based Fusion Development
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3106
Department of Energy Announces $46 Million in awards for Milestone-Based Fusion Development
The Department of Energy Announces $46 Million in awards for Milestone-Based Fusion Development. The list of awards and the titles of the projects can be seen with this link https://science.osti.gov/-/media/fundin ... s-List.pdf.
- Sun May 28, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: ZAP Energy News
- Replies: 146
- Views: 35181
Re: ZAP Energy News
Thanks Crowberry for the navigation to the abstracts. LPP with their limited budget seems to have dealt with the impurities & ZAP seems to believe that impurities will not be a show stopper. Real life is always tough, though. Yes, Zap Energy seems to think that the impurity and erosion problems can...
- Sat May 27, 2023 9:05 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: ZAP Energy News
- Replies: 146
- Views: 35181
Re: ZAP Energy News
The abstracts submitted for the ICOPS 2023 conference can be found through the link at the end of this message. Zap Energy had at least six contributions at the conference if you search for the author Shumlak. The abstracts on that page were written before the conference so the results presented at ...
- Sat Apr 15, 2023 1:59 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Fusion regulation
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1977
Fusion regulation
This is good news indeed:
This is in line with the similar decision made last year in the UK.
https://www.fusionindustryassociation.o ... ar-fissionNRC Decision Separates Fusion Energy Regulation from Nuclear Fission
This is in line with the similar decision made last year in the UK.
- Tue Feb 07, 2023 3:28 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Tokamak Energy news
- Replies: 164
- Views: 205350
Re: Tokamak Energy news
Tokamak Energy has constructed a set of HTS magnets that will be built into a tokamak configuration for testing: https://www.tokamakenergy.co.uk/2023/02 ... t-testing/