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- Mon Jul 24, 2023 11:28 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: General Fusion in the news
- Replies: 591
- Views: 363982
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: 671
- Views: 113458
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: 671
- Views: 113458
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: 49149
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: 1137
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: 1403
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: 49149
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: 140
- Views: 30119
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: 1403
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: 140
- Views: 30119
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: 140
- Views: 30119
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: 1345
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: 201361
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/
- Thu Jan 26, 2023 4:13 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Lockheed Martin news
- Replies: 56
- Views: 93268
Re: Lockheed Martin news
For sake of closure, rumor has it that their CFR project was shut down pre-COVID. I don't have any sources to cite, but this might be as much as we ever hear. There has been no news for a long time, but the webpage is still up at https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/products/compact-fusion.html . I...
- Sat Dec 17, 2022 4:52 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
- Replies: 671
- Views: 113458
Re: Helion Energy to demonstrate net electricity production by 2024
The new video on Youtube on Helion Energys Trenta by Real Engineering has been published at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38. It is interesting to see Trenta for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38. It is interesting to see Trenta for the first time.