March 2025

Nuclear Physics 116 - Researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Studying Tungsten As A Wall Material For Tungsten

     The same process that powers the Sun could provide unlimited clean energy. However, before that happens, scientists need to solve one big problem. They need to keep reactor walls from trapping fuel.

Nuclear Fusion 115 - Proxima Fusion Makes The Design Of Its Stellaris Stellarator Open Source

     Proxima Fusion is a venture-capital-backed company working on making nuclear fusion a reality. It has open-sourced its reactor design in the journal Fusion Engineering and Design this week. Although the design is a highly technical piece of work involving a lot of engineering, the company wants to share this information with the fusion community, whether based in the U.S. or China.

Nuclear Reactors 1482 - China Adds Two New Reactors To The Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant As It Expands Nuclear Power

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Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant

     China has begun the construction on its first nuclear reactor unit of the year with the pouring of first concrete at the Lufeng Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong province. The milestone was completed on Monday. It marks the official start of the plant’s No. 1 reactor, which utilizes the CAP1000 third-generation pressurized water reactor (PWR) design.

Nuclear Fusion 113 - Chinese And French Fusion Research Reactors Archive Record Plasma Confinement - Part 1 of 2 Parts

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EAST fusion reactor

Part 1 of 2 Parts
     China's "artificial sun" reactor has broken its own world record for maintaining super-hot plasma. This marks another milestone in the long road towards near-limitless clean energy.

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