February 2026 | S. Kamio | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
Among various advanced fuel cycles, proton-boron-11 (p-11B) fusion has attracted renewed interest as a potentially clean and sustainable fusion energy source.
This aneutronic fusion concept has long been envisioned as an ultimate cleaner fusion reactor scheme…
December 2025 | J.A. Romero | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
The Field Reversed Configuration (FRC) is a highly diamagnetic plasma confinement device used in nuclear fusion research. FRC’s exhibit an internal region of weak magnetic field with ideal conditions to reach the high temperature required to burn high Z aneutronic fuels …
November 2025 | Y. Zhou | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
A silicon drift-detector-based pulse-height x-ray energy spectrometer has been recently deployed on C-2W to investigate the distribution of suprathermal electrons. Measurements from this spectrometer reveal x-ray photons with energies of several kiloelectronvolts …
October 2025 | N. Sheth (Univ. of Saskatchewan) | Physics of Plasmas | Paper
It is shown that transonic plasma acceleration in the converging–diverging magnetic field (magnetic nozzle) follows the unique global solution which is fully defined by the magnetic field.
September 2025 | J.B. Titus | Nuclear Fusion | Paper
Neutral beam injection has been shown to create field-reversed configuration plasmas on C-2W. Recent advances in optimization and control of eight neutral beam injectors help deliver customized current drive for a plethora of plasma regimes.