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Scientists make progress on ultra-futuristic device that could generate virtually unlimited energy — here's the tech that's bringing it one step closer to reality
"Most advanced of its kind in the world." Scientists make progress on ultra-futuristic device that could generate virtually ...
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800 MW nuclear fusion plant gets 1 MW gyrotron boost for superheating plasma
A 1 MW gyrotron, developed and manufactured by Kyoto Fusioneering in Japan, has been delivered to Tokamak Energy’s ST40 spherical tokamak facility. “ The new gyrotron will generate high ...
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Gyrotron technology to accelerate Tokamak Energy fusion dream
It will also be used to start up and drive plasma current. Using a gyrotron a beam of electrons travels through a strong magnetic field which accelerates them to the point where they emit microwave ...
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Plasma heating with millimetre waves
But to do so requires an intense source of millimetre-radio-wave radiation, and the only possible device that can do this is a gyrotron. The next challenge in gyrotron research for fusion ...