Proxima Fusion

[natebrau]

New entrant working on a stellarator, the first spin-out from the Max Planck Institute.

https://www.ft.com/content/c777f0db-1a4 ... 7178032a50

Just received their seed funding round, 7M Euro.
https://www.proximafusion.com/

[Munchausen]

Fresh publication in 43 pages:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... via%3Dihub

No paywall.

Highlights

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A coherent QI-HTS stellarator study, showing feasibility for a power plant.
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First QI stellarator with reactor-relevant coils and low fast particle losses.
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Stellarator reactor setting simulations for wall temperature and divertor heat loads.
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Neutronics study showing TBR, shielding, and DPA can be achieved together.
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First high-field, modular stellarator support structure design.

I am no physicist but the paper certainly looks like a well worked through scientific item.