A 'significant leap' in experiments at nuclear fusion project based at General Atomics
The energy potential for nuclear fusion has always been remarkably ambitious but progress has usually been painfully slow.
But researchers and collaborators working on the DIII-D National Fusion Facility based at San Diego’s General Atomics have completed a series of successful experiments with an approach called “Super-H Mode” that has improved performance so dramatically they think it will accelerate the development of nuclear fusion reactors that could result, in theory, in a virtually limitless source of clean, carbon-free energy.
“Fusion energy research historically advances with steady and marked improvements over time,” David Hill, director of DIII-D, said in a statement. “It is not often you see a significant leap in results like we have seen with Super-H Mode. This discovery has significant ramifications for future fusion energy plants, and we’re excited to see how far it will carry the field forward.”
The results were published this week in the International Atomic Energy Agency’s journal of nuclear fusion research.
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Cross-posted in the Science Group.
