Despite proposed cuts to
the U.S. magnetic fusion program, a new report advocates a parallel effort to pursue fusion energy using the rival inertial confinement scheme.
Not exact matches
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, funded by the
U.S. Department of Energy and managed by Princeton University, is located at 100 Stellarator Road off Campus Drive on Princeton University's Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro, N.J. PPPL researchers collaborate with researchers around the globe in the field of plasma science, the study of ultra-hot, charged gases, to develop practical solutions for the creation of
magnetic fusion energy as an energy source for the world.
He headed the Tokamak
Fusion Test Reactor, then the largest
magnetic confinement
fusion facility in the
U.S., from 1991 to 1997.
«On the one hand, the
U.S. is a major participant in ITER, the international tokamak project located in France that's studying
magnetic fusion.»
At this moment, research investment by the rest of the world — China, Korea, the EU — is surging in
magnetic fusion, while the
U.S. investment is stagnating.