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US completes first key magnet for apple-shaped nuclear fusion reactor
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has announced the completion of the intricate process of building the first ...
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SMART spherical tokamak produces its first plasma
The SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak (SMART) is a spherical tokamak that can operate with a “negative ... SMART has a 30 cm diameter solenoid wrapped around 12 toroidal field coils while eight poloidal ...
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Homebrew Coil Winder Makes Toroids A Snap To Wind
Anyone who has ever wound a toroidal coil by hand can tell you that it’s not exactly a fun job. Even with the kinds of coils used in chokes and transformers for ham radio, which generally have ...
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Globus-M2 Tokamak advances small-scale nuclear fusion
“The upgraded Globus-M2 shows a more reliable LHCD, and this was the first time a spherical tokamak achieved this with the toroidal wave slowing down,” he said. Compared with the Globus ...