The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor recently decided to make the switch from beryllium to tungsten for its inner wall, so any data gleaned from WEST will prove immensely useful.

This sector module is next in line for insertion in the tokamak pit. The assembly suspended in vertical tooling is composed of vacuum vessel sector #6 at the center, which is surrounded by a thin ...

Inside a French fusion experiment, a metal more associated with lightbulb filaments than star power just did something ...

Installation of a neutron diagnostics system in the laboratory of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow. Cracow, 10 September 2025 - In the Universe, ...

By exceeding a long-standing density barrier, China’s EAST fusion reactor proved that tokamaks can pack way more atoms into ...

Westinghouse Electric Co. and officials with the ITER project in France signed a contract for $180 million for the assembly of the vacuum vessel for the fusion reactor. This is a key milestone in the ...

China's EAST nuclear fusion reactor has successfully kept plasma stable at extreme densities, passing a major fusion ...

But on January 1, researchers working on China’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) — often dubbed the ...

“By controlling the plasma’s magnetic structure, especially how magnetic islands split and reorganize, it may be possible to ...

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Technical Systems, Inc. (“NTS”), the leading independent provider of qualification testing, inspection, and certification solutions in North America, is ...

In 2026, South Korea will achieve a historic energy milestone in plasma fusion, and the research team will break records that ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- The superconducting cables designed for the ITER fusion reactor (cost: 16 billion euros = $21.2 billion) are unable to withstand the planned forty to sixty thousand charge cycles.