Nuclear Fusion and Climate Change: ‘We Need Every Technology We Can Get’

Nuclear Fusion and Climate Change: ‘We Need Every Technology We Can Get’

Nuclear fusion might be one of the most valuable tools humans will develop to battle climate change—but will we all be underwater by the time it gets here? There is no question that the next few years are critical. “We know that we can do some impact positively with renewables, no question. But we also know that they can’t do 100 percent,” TAE Technologies CEO Michl Binderbauer told Newsweek. “What ideally happens is we maximize solar and wind as soon as we can in areas where it makes sense … And hopefully, very quickly, you’re ramping fusion.”

Development of visible light tomographic imaging system for field-reversed configuration collisional merging experiment

October 2022 | T. Seki (Nihon) | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper

A visible light tomographic imaging system has been developed for the collisional merging experiment of FRCs on the FRC Amplification via Translation–Collisional Merging device at Nihon University

Active fast ion charge exchange measurements using a neutral particle analyzer and multiple beam species in C-2W

October 2022 | S. Kamio | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper

In order to measure the fast ion using NPAs in the low neutral density core region of a magnetic confinement fusion device, active change exchange measurements are often performed using a NB as a CX target

Development of Rogowski probe for internal plasma current measurement in the collisional merging process of field-reversed configurations

October 2022 | J. Ogasawara (Nihon) | Review of Scientific Instruments | Paper

To directly detect the spatial distribution of a plasma current during the collisional merging of two FRCs in the FAT-CM device, an internal current probe using Rogowski coils has been developed.

The Biological Theory That Explains Why Investors Are Bullish on Fusion

The Biological Theory That Explains Why Investors Are Bullish on Fusion

For a field that has existed for more than 60 years, a lot has happened in fusion research in the last half-decade. In fusion’s case, a trio of technological advances converged in the early 2010s to unleash a wave of innovation. “I think you see this beautiful inflection point in this field where the science maturity and technical capability come together,” said Michl Binderbauer, CEO of TAE Technologies.

ICIS 2023

ICIS’23 will be hosted by TRIUMF (www.triumf.ca), Canada’s Particle Accelerator Centre, and following the great experience hosting the virtual conference ICIS’21, we are excited to organize this in-person meeting.