Fusion Power - A Risky Gamble? (3)

Fusion Power - A Risky Gamble?

Part Three:

On this section, we will be reviewing the progress of fusion power as a whole.

The few most notable groups currently working on Fusion Power are:
  • ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor)
  • SPARC (Commonwealth Fusion Systems)
  • Tokamak Energy
  • AGNI Energy
  • General Fusion
  • JET (Joint European Torus)
Many of these companies follow a set path of design principles. The end product is still the same, though; fusion energy.

Currently, there are 5 mains designs of Fusion Reactors:

Magnetic-Confinement Fusion

MCF

Inertial-Confinement Fusion
ICF

Magnetized Target Fusion
MTF

Field-Reversed Configuration
FRC

Stellarator
Stellarator

The next few posts on fusion reactor will be dedicated to each of these Fusion Reactor designs.

Some of these are really promising!



Photo Credits - Chris Philpot

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