Fusion Science

BBC by Matt McGrath, Nov. 24, 2014 Lockheed Martin is working on a device that could become a compact fusion reactor Aerospace giant Lockheed Martin is doing its best to shatter my favourite science cliche. “Nuclear fusion is just 30 years away – and always will be.” The advanced projects team at Lockheed, known as … Read more‘Skunk power’ creates confusion over nuclear fusion

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory The National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX), which is undergoing a $94 million upgrade that will make it the most powerful experimental fusion facility, or tokamak, of its type in the world when work is completed. Experiments will test the ability of the upgraded spherical facility to maintain a high-performance plasma under … Read moreNational Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Getting $94M Upgrade

From Lockheed Martin In October, 2014, Lockheed Martin skunkworks announced that it had made a breakthrough in compact fusion energy. At Lockheed Martin Skunk Works®, we’re making advancements in the development of fusion energy, the ultimate form of renewable power. Our scientists and engineers are looking at the biggest natural fusion reactor for inspiration – … Read moreThe Lockheed-Martin Idea

Y. C. Francis Thio Office of Fusion Energy Sciences January 24, 2008 Presented at the LANL Plasma Jet Workshop Supersonic plasma jets as drivers for MIF Options for plasma jets Plasma guns possibilities Idealized mathematical models High-Z is needed for the imploding liner Pressure and density amplification by factors of 104 to 105 are required … Read moreSupersonic Plasma Jet Driven MIF Fundamentals

Science Insider By Daniel Clery 14 August 2014 3:00 pm DOE/SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES The Z pulsed power facility, or Z machine, at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico. Daniel is a deputy news editor for Science. ARPA-E, the U.S. government agency for funding innovative energy technologies, is preparing to launch a program to support alternative … Read moreU.S. energy agency jumps into fusion funding

http://www.nature.com/news/plasma-physics-the-fusion-upstarts-1.15592 Fuelled by venture capital and a lot of hope, alternative fusion technologies are heating up. Hubert Kang Photography General Fusion’s reactor would use massive pistons to crush fuel in a spinning vortex of liquid lead. To reach one of the world’s most secretive nuclear-fusion companies, visitors must wind their way through a suburban office … Read morePlasma physics: The fusion upstarts

MIT Technology Review By David Talbot on October 20, 2014 Lockheed Martin says it will have a small fusion reactor prototype in five years but offers no data. The interior of Lockheed Martin’s fusion reactor shows a series of rings used to create magnetic fields that confine plasma. Lockheed Martin’s announcement last week that it … Read moreDoes Lockheed Martin Really Have a Breakthrough Fusion Machine?

Defense Tech BRENDAN MCGARRY on OCTOBER 16, 2014 Experts were skeptical of Lockheed Martin Corp.‘s claims this week that it plans to build a fusion reactor small enough to fit on the back of a truck over the next decade. The Bethesda, Maryland-based company — the world’s largest defense contractor, known for its stealth fighter … Read moreScientists Skeptical of Lockheed’s Fusion Breakthrough

Reuters BY ANDREA SHALAL WASHINGTON Wed Oct 15, 2014 The magnetic coils inside the compact fusion experiment pictured in an undated photo provided by Lockheed Martin. CREDIT: REUTERS/LOCKHEED MARTIN (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp said on Wednesday it had made a technological breakthrough in developing a power source based on nuclear fusion, and the first … Read moreLockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project