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Tokamak Energy plans to start operating its fusion reactor this spring, and claims that its first commercial prototype will be built by 2025.
http://www.tokamakenergy.co.uk/
At a fraction of the size of other nuclear reactors, Tokamak's device uses a 'spherical tokamak', which the firm describes as the 'fast route to fusion.'
Pictured is the magnetic coil structure of the ST40 with plasma (purple) inside. The magnetic coils make a trap for the hot plasma, keeping it away from the walls
Oxfordshire-based Tokamak Energy's technology revolves around high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets, which allow for relatively low-power and small-size devices, but high performance.
Tokamak Energy faces some strict competition from Tri Alpha Energy, a rival firm that has already developed a machine that can hold hot plasma steady at 18 million°F (10 million°C) for 11.5 milliseconds.
http://trialphaenergy.com/
The firm recently received $500 million (£405 million) to created a commercial fusion reactor, that it claims will be ready be 2027.
The particular type of fusion power Tri Alpha is working on is based on heating hydrogen atoms to temperatures of 5.4 billion°F (3 billion°C) - which is hotter than the surface of the sun.
The heat creates plasma that has a mixture of electrons and ions.
When ions in a plasma collide, they fuse together to form new atoms and release huge amounts of energy.
It's a relatively simple concept, but the trick is in heating the gas to such a high temperature. Currently no known material can hold this heat.
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/N...ut-fusion-power-in-grid-by-2030-30011702.html
http://www.tokamakenergy.co.uk/
At a fraction of the size of other nuclear reactors, Tokamak's device uses a 'spherical tokamak', which the firm describes as the 'fast route to fusion.'
Pictured is the magnetic coil structure of the ST40 with plasma (purple) inside. The magnetic coils make a trap for the hot plasma, keeping it away from the walls
Oxfordshire-based Tokamak Energy's technology revolves around high temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets, which allow for relatively low-power and small-size devices, but high performance.
Tokamak Energy faces some strict competition from Tri Alpha Energy, a rival firm that has already developed a machine that can hold hot plasma steady at 18 million°F (10 million°C) for 11.5 milliseconds.
http://trialphaenergy.com/
The firm recently received $500 million (£405 million) to created a commercial fusion reactor, that it claims will be ready be 2027.
The particular type of fusion power Tri Alpha is working on is based on heating hydrogen atoms to temperatures of 5.4 billion°F (3 billion°C) - which is hotter than the surface of the sun.
The heat creates plasma that has a mixture of electrons and ions.
When ions in a plasma collide, they fuse together to form new atoms and release huge amounts of energy.
It's a relatively simple concept, but the trick is in heating the gas to such a high temperature. Currently no known material can hold this heat.
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/N...ut-fusion-power-in-grid-by-2030-30011702.html