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Monday, March 6th, 2023

‘100,000 years of power’ | US-Japan team hails H2-boron plasma fusion breakthrough

Author:     Darius Snieckus
Source:     Recharge
Publication Date:     8 February 2023 | 16:11 GMT
 Link: ‘100,000 years of power’ | US-Japan team hails H2-boron plasma fusion breakthrough
Stephan:  

This is very interesting and, potentially, very positive news. Nuclear power in my estimation has been a disaster because of the waste problem, and the crises created when a nuclear reactor experiences a breakdown such as occurred in Chernobyl and Fukushima, Fusion, however, offers a very different and positive potential as we exit the carbon era.

Citation of the research paper upon which this report is based. First measurements of p11B fusion in a magnetically confined plasma

TAE Technologies’ reactor used to carry out the hydrogen-boron fusion Photo: TAE Technologies

California-based TAE Technologies and Japan’s National Institute for Fusion Science claim success testing new fuel cycle, opening door to cleaner, lower cost energy than produced by conventional deuterium-tritium-based process.

An innovative nuclear fusion technology that uses no radioactive materials and is calculated capable of “powering the planet for more than 100,000 years”, has been successfully piloted by a US-Japanese team of researchers.

California-based TAE Technologies, working with Japan’s National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), have completed first tests of a hydrogen-boron fuel cycle in magnetically-confined plasma, which could generate cleaner, lower cost energy that that produced by the more common deuterium-tritium (D-T) fusion process.

“This experiment offers us a wealth of data to work with and shows that hydrogen-boron has a place in utility-scale fusion power. We know we can solve the physics challenge at hand and deliver a transformational new form of carbon-free energy to the world that relies on this non-radioactive, abundant fuel,” said Michl Binderbauer, CEO of TAE Technologies.

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Monday, March 6, 2023 at 9:53 am

    I agree, Stephan, Fusion is a safer way to produce nuclear energy with no waste products to worry about. This is what we have been waiting for , for a long time now.