The Weekly Fusion: A Look at Current Advancements in Fusion Energy
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The future of fusion is constantly being unfolded in front of our eyes, as every week there is some breakthrough in new technologies and designs in the nuclear fusion sector of energy. Since there is such a wealth of information, I have gathered and consolidated a list of articles geared toward the advancement of making fusion energy a reality, from within the past week.
Weekly Breakthroughs
Helion Energy takes in $10.6M for fusion energy
Rachel Lerman / The Seattle Times / 07.07.15
According to the Seattle Times, the Redmond-based Helion Energy has raised $10.6 million dollars for the creation of a fusion reactor. This level of funding just goes to show the level that startups are playing in the fusion energy field. Helion Energy has also stressed that they can turn the misconception of believing that fusion is a distant goal, by creating a goal of building a useful reactor in the next three years.
How startups can save nuclear tech
Katie Fehrenbacher / Fortune / 07.06.15
The groundbreaking financing for fusion energy startups is a clear sign that people have faith in the fusion energy technology, and that it can potentially be the key to tackling the climate and energy issues of this century. The startups, along with government funding, are beginning to play a huge role in the road to commercialized fusion energy. The startups focus on developing innovative ideas, while avoiding some of the problems of government involvement and funding, which often slows down innovation and development.
An Alternative Approach to Nuclear Fusion: Think Smaller
Emiko Jozuka / Motherboard / 07.02.15
The focus of fusion energy projects has been toward the ITER and the Joint European Torus (JET) experiments, but countries such as Britain have started trying to make fusion reactors smaller. These new plans present more spherical fusion reactors, rather than the doughnut-shaped tokamak design. To achieve these results, Tokamak Energy, a UK based company, has aimed to make safe and clean energy from designing spherical fusion reactors within the next decade.
