Helion Energy takes in $10.6M for fusion energy

Seattle Times Rachel Lerman July 7, 2015 Redmond-based Helion Energy has raised $10.6 million, according to a filing, to build a fusion engine that would create power. Helion Energy has raised $10.6 million in a new funding round to develop technology that aims to create a fusion reactor to generate power. The company disclosed the … Read moreHelion Energy takes in $10.6M for fusion energy

Status of the U. S. program in magneto-inertial fusion

The fifth International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA2007) IOP Publishing ________________ Journal of Physics: Conference Series 112 (2008) 042084 doi:10.1088/1742-6596/112/4/042084 Y. C. Francis Thio U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, Germantown, MD, USA E-mail: Francis.thio@science.doe.gov Abstract. A status report of the current U.S. program in magneto-inertial fusion (MIF) … Read moreStatus of the U. S. program in magneto-inertial fusion

plasma jet Magneto Inertial Fusion (PJMIF)

Development of Practical Fusion Power; Plasma Jet Driven Magneto-Inertial Fusion introduction by T.D. Tamarkin; scientific contributors, S. C. Hsu, Ph.D., T. J. Awe, Ph.D., S. Brockington, Ph.D., A. Case, Ph.D., J. T. Cassibry, Ph.D., G. Kagan, Ph.D., S. J. Messer, Ph.D., M. Stanic, X. Tang, Ph.D., D. R. Welch, Ph.D., and F. D. Witherspoon, Ph.D. … Read moreplasma jet Magneto Inertial Fusion (PJMIF)

Project Management Description of the Development of PJMIF

PJMIF owned by the PJMIF team. All rights including, but not limited to IP and know how, reserved. See: Scientific white paper on PJMIF See: Illustrated tutorial Slide show on PJMIF See: EnergyCite® – USCL request for PJMIF scientific review See: Irv Lindemuth, Ph.D., review of PJMIF white paper See: John Santarius, Ph.D., scientific review … Read moreProject Management Description of the Development of PJMIF

Santarius Review

John F. Santarius, Ph.D. Research Professor, Dept. of Engineering Physics Associate Director for Alternate Applications and Concepts, Fusion Technology Institute Univ. of Wisconsin, 1500 Engineering Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA E-mail: santarius@engr.wisc.edu Ph: 608-263-1694 Fax: 608-263-4499 Web: http://fti.neep.wisc.edu/~jfs/homepage.html September 26, 2011 Mr. Tom Tamarkin 5545 El Camino Avenue Carmichael, California 95608 Ref: Response to plasma … Read moreSantarius Review

Lindemuth Review and Letter

Irvin R. Lindemuth, Ph.D., formerly Special Assistant for Russian Collaboration Office of Associate Director for Weapons Physics Los Alamos National Laboratory October 24, 2011 Mr. Tom Tamarkin 5545 El Camino Avenue Carmichael, California 95608 Ref: Response to your questions on analysis of plasma jet Magneto Inertial Fusion (PJMIF) Dear Mr. Tamarkin: I have finally found … Read moreLindemuth Review and Letter

Plasma Liners and the Potential for a Standoff Magneto-Inertial Fusion Reactor

This is the Power Point presentation given by Dr. Scott C. Hsu of the Los Alamos National Laboratories, NM at the ARPA-E Fusion Workshop in Berkeley, CA, in 2013. It explains what a Standoff Magneto-Inertial Fusion Reactor is, how it would work, what are the advantages of that design, what the design and maintenance challenges … Read morePlasma Liners and the Potential for a Standoff Magneto-Inertial Fusion Reactor