Sentences with phrase «fusion research facility»
Educational Opportunities at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, one of America's foremost fusion research facilities.
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In February, Robert Fodosejevs and Ying Tsui, electrical engineering professors at the University of Alberta, received $ 430,650 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council to study ways to speed up fusion ignition in collaboration with the National Ignition Facility in California.
Recent developments in IFE safety and tritium research and considerations for future nuclear fusion facilities
Users of NIF include scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories, worldwide fusion energy and high - energy density science research centers, academia, and other national and international facilities.
Image: NIF Scientists with the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory announced today that they have achieved a critical step in fusion research: For the first time, their hydrogen fuel has given off more energy than it took in.
The Department of Energy offers several research stints, including one at its magnetic fusion facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
The U.S. National Ignition Facility will devote less time to energy research going forward, after failing to demonstrate the principles of a futuristic fusion power plant
That conclusion will please many scientists in the field who have been concerned that the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — the world's largest and most advanced inertial fusion facility — was poised to dominate the U.S. researchFacility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory — the world's largest and most advanced inertial fusion facility — was poised to dominate the U.S. researchfacility — was poised to dominate the U.S. research effort.
Research at the facility could speed the development of abundant, clean fusion power.
Europe's largest fusion facility, the Joint European Torus (JET), is sited near Oxford, U.K.; a vote to leave would put it in a legal limbo that could halt vital research supporting the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), now under construction in France.
In the future, the report envisions an extensive nuclear fusion research program centered around a national US fusion nuclear science facility, but this would require increased funding.
New research indicates that understanding the combined heating shows how we could improve the production of fusion in ITER and other next - generation fusion facilities — a key finding of physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), the DIII - D National Fusion Facility that General Atomics operates for the DOE, and other collaborators.
He soon transitioned to plasma physics research, simulating how plasmas evolve in fusion facilities, among other projects.
Prager noted further advances ranging from a new partnership between the Theory Department and the NSTX research group to new programs in astrophysics and low - temperature plasmas, new collaborations with superconducting fusion facilities around the world and new links to other parts of the University in fields that include plasma astrophysics and material sciences.
Sabbagh received the Kaul Foundation Prize for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research and Technology Development for his work on advancing the understanding, and enhancing the stability, of high - performance plasmas in fusion facilities called tokamaks.
As the principal associate director, Wisoff will continue to be responsible for ensuring the safe operation of NIF as a world - class user facility in support of the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Stockpile Stewardship mission; partnering with Laboratory capabilities to establish leadership in Stockpile Stewardship science associated with inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics; overseeing the development of advanced laser systems, related optical and target systems, control systems and systems engineering capability for research, commercial and government agencies; and maintaining close partnerships with the Department of Energy / NNSA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Homeland Security, academia and private iresearch, commercial and government agencies; and maintaining close partnerships with the Department of Energy / NNSA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Homeland Security, academia and private iResearch Projects Agency, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Homeland Security, academia and private industry.
Two major fusion research reactors are being built over the next decade — the international ITER magnetic confinement reactor (for $ 5 to 10 billion) and the US National Ignition Facility (NIF — $ 2 to 5 billion) to study «inertial confinement».