4 Fusion Breakthroughs From The Last Year | Answers With Joe

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Nuclear Fusion is the holy grail of energy, and getting closer to reality every year. Here are some of the biggest breakthroughs in fusion power over the last year.

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Some of this year's breakthroughs include:

China's EAST tokamak reactor achieved a 100 million degree plasma for 10 seconds, a record for that temperature.

RF beams used to stabilize plasma by reducing magnetic bubbles that can cause plasma to destabilize.

TAE announces their Copernicus reactor - a scaled-up version of their Norman reactor that has proven successful enough to raise $500 million from companies like Google and Microsoft.

Physicists attempt a reverse D configuration in a tokamak and achieve more stable plasma

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EAST Reactor:
https://newatlas.com/fusion-china-artificial-sun-east/57237/

RF Waves:
https://phys.org/news/2019-01-scientists-stabilizes-fusion-plasmas.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2019/01/14/is-fusion-power-within-our-grasp/#1903ef949bb4

TAE's Copernicus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAE_Technologies

"Reverse D":
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/03/physicists-flip-the-d-in-tokamak-get-unexpectedly-good-result/