extremetech.com By John Hewitt on January 26, 2015 China’s Chang’e lunar probe dynasty is already having a great year. The Chang’e 3 lunar lander surpassed all expectations last week to emerge from its 14th hibernation while the Chang’e 5-T1 just completed its transfer from the Earth-Moon Lagrange Point 2 into a stable orbit around the … Read more
Robert L. Hirsch, Ph.D., is a former senior energy program adviser for Science Applications International Corporation and is a Senior Energy Advisor at MISI and a consultant in energy, technology, and management. His primary experience is in research, development, and commercial applications. He has managed technology programs in oil and natural gas exploration and >petroleum … Read more
Robert W. Bussard (August 11, 1928 – October 6, 2007) was an American physicist who worked primarily in nuclear fusion energy research. He was the recipient of the Schreiber-Spence Achievement Award for STAIF-2004. He was also a fellow of the International Academy of Astronautics and held a Ph.D. from Princeton University. In June, 1955 Bussard moved to Los Alamos and joined … Read more
Robert J. Goldston Professor of Astrophysical Sciences goldston@pppl.gov 609-243-3550 BackStory with Joan Goldstein, 6.15 Inertial Confinement Fusion R&D and Nuclear Proliferation Education B.A., Physics, Harvard University, 1972 Ph.D., Astrophysical Sciences, Program in Plasma Physics, Princeton University, 1977 Research Interests I started my research career studying how plasmas are heated by energetic ions. I did experimental … Read more
Notes and Comment On October 12, 1980, President Carter signed into law the “Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act of 1980.” The act was based on House and Senate Bills sponsored by Rep. M. McCormack (DWash.) and Sen. P. Tsongas (D-Mass.), which had passed both houses of Congress with very strong bipartisan support and presumably represents … Read more
RT Oct.17, 2014 The view of the Kurchatov Institute National Research Center, Moscow.(RIA Novosti / Alexey Kudenko) / RIA Novosti Russia is developing a hybrid nuclear reactor that uses both nuclear fusion and fission, said head of leading nuclear research facility. The project is open for international collaboration, particularly from Chinese scientists. A hybrid nuclear … Read more
By: Tom Tamarkin Founder Fusion4Freedom & President USCL Corp June 29, 2014 In 1980 the Magnetic Fusion Energy Engineering Act or MFEEA passed the House and Senate with virtually zero opposition and was signed by President Carter in October 1980. The goal was to demonstrate clean, cheap, safe, and virtually unlimited fusion power by 1995 … Read more
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency site, having information about Fusion research in Japan, and Japan’s contributions to ITER
China Dialog Olivia Boyd 12.2.2013 China could lead the way to a clean and boundless energy supply – if it can ever be made to work. Scientist Steven Cowley talks to chinadialogue. A nuclear fusion display in the Houston Museum of Natural Science. Fusion could one day meet 25% of the world’s energy needs, says … Read more
Published at IEEE Xplore By Lee, Y.S. ; Fusion Eng. Center, Nat. Fusion Res. Inst., Daejeon, South Korea ; Baek, S. ; Im, K. ; Yeom, J.H. A preliminary conceptual design study for Korean DEMO Reactor (K-DEMO) as an activity for Korean Fusion Energy Development Promotion Law (FEDPL) enacted in 2007 was started. A solid-type … Read more