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- Thu Nov 21, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: Fund-Raising
- Topic: ARPA-E BETHE (Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-Fusion Energy)
- Replies: 0
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ARPA-E BETHE (Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-Fusion Energy)
Department of Energy Announces $30 Million for Fusion Energy R&D November 7, 2019 The U.S. Department of Energy today announced up to $30 million in funding for a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, Breakthroughs Enabling THermonuclear-fusion Energy (BETHE). BETHE pro...
- Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:29 pm
- Forum: Fund-Raising
- Topic: ARPA-E intends to issue a new Funding Opportunity Announcement in November 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1048
ARPA-E intends to issue a new Funding Opportunity Announcement in November 2019
It's nice to see that ARPA-E plans to continue fusion funding:
https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/#FoaIdca442cde-8c6e-4cd8-a0c7-7d3e2b53efb7
https://arpa-e-foa.energy.gov/#FoaIdca442cde-8c6e-4cd8-a0c7-7d3e2b53efb7
- Sat Oct 19, 2019 11:56 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: General Fusion in the news
- Replies: 466
- Views: 163897
Re: General Fusion in the news
Michel Laberge gave a presentation at the Schulich Leader Scholarships event and the talk is available on Youtube. Most of the video is actually introduction and questions at the end. Laberge mentions in his very popular and general presentation that they are still working on raising the funding for...
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:29 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
- Replies: 193
- Views: 116942
Re: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
TAE Technologies has published a new paper: Formation of Hot, Stable, Long-Lived Field-Reversed Configuration Plasmas on the C-2W Device https://ai.google/research/pubs/pub48250.pdf , Nucl. Fusion 59 (2019) 112009 (16pp). They have also published two new patent applications: Systems and methods for ...
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:17 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1472
61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics
The abstracts for the 61st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, taking place on October 21–25, 2019 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida are available at: http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/DPP19/Content/3779 .
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 7:59 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: General Fusion in the news
- Replies: 466
- Views: 163897
Re: General Fusion in the news
General Fusion has been rather quiet lately, but here is a 1/10 scale model of their full sized reactor:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEIvQWOXoAU6euR.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EEIvQWOXoAU6euR.jpg
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 7:36 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Tokamak Energy news
- Replies: 97
- Views: 84195
Re: Tokamak Energy news
Tokamak Energy exceeds target of 20 tesla with HTS Magnets The last 12 months have seen very rapid developments in magnet technology at Tokamak Energy. The HTS programme of developing tokamak magnets from high temperature superconducting (HTS) materials runs alongside our ST40 programme and is an i...
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:57 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: ARPA-E Fusion Workshop 2019 Enabling Timely and Commercially Viable Fusion Energy
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1508
ARPA-E Fusion Workshop 2019 Enabling Timely and Commercially Viable Fusion Energy
Enabling Timely and Commercially Viable Fusion Energy August 13, 2019 to August 14, 2019 Building on the ARPA-E ALPHA program and synergies with the Fusion Industry Association and the National Academies recommendation, ARPA-E is exploring opportunities for a potential new fusion program that is br...
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:43 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: First Light Fusion News
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6722
Re: First Light Fusion News
Here is a news article from Forbes by Gemma Milne on the First Light Fusion status: https://www.forbes.com/sites/gemmamilne/2019/08/29/how-this-unconventional-oxford-startup-plans-to-win-the-fusion-energy-race/#3424721129f8.
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:39 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Agenda for the Roadmap to the Fusion Energy Economy, Thursday 13 Jun 2019
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1849
Agenda for the Roadmap to the Fusion Energy Economy, Thursday 13 Jun 2019
In July there was a meeting called the Roadmap to the Fusion Energy Economy in New York. The agenda for this meeting is listed here:
https://indico.flatironinstitute.org/event/96/timetable/?view=standard. Unfortunately there are no slides published from that meeting.
https://indico.flatironinstitute.org/event/96/timetable/?view=standard. Unfortunately there are no slides published from that meeting.
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 12:33 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Spherical Tokamaks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14690
Re: Spherical Tokamaks
There is a new initiative on spherical tokamaks in the UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/next-step-in-fusion.
- Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:53 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Spherical Tokamaks
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14690
Re: Spherical Tokamaks
NSTX-U will be repaired with tighter tolerances to improve the performance:
https://www.pppl.gov/news/2019/08/improving-magnetic-bottle-controls-fusion-power-earth
https://www.pppl.gov/news/2019/08/improving-magnetic-bottle-controls-fusion-power-earth
- Sun Aug 18, 2019 6:40 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
- Replies: 193
- Views: 116942
Re: Small Tri Alpha news blurp
TAE Technology has been granted also for 2019 computer time through the INCITE (Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment) programme: The Department of Energy (DOE) has fueled TAE Technologies' quest in with awards of computer time through the INCITE (Innovative and Novel Co...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:48 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: General Fusion in the news
- Replies: 466
- Views: 163897
Re: General Fusion in the news
General Fusion describes their latest activities here: https://generalfusion.com/2019/06/slic-forming-plasmas-inside-molten-lithium/.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:37 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Record performance in the DIII-D apparatus
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3149
Re: Record performance in the DIII-D apparatus
This is the General Atomics press release: http://ga.publishpath.com/recent-breakthrough-on-diii-d-enables-major-step-toward-economical-fusion-energy and this is their corresponding (paywalled) paper in Nuclear Fusion: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1741-4326/ab235b . This looks indeed a...