Standardizing calculations of the helium byproducts generated in advanced fission and fusion energy system materials can increase reactor safety and longevity, according to a study led by University ...

A Canadian fusion company’s plan for fueling a commercial reactor has cleared one of the field’s most difficult checkpoints: an independent review by a U.S. national laboratory with decades of ...

Workers wear protective equipment in a cavernous hall that contains industrial equipment. The tokamak hall at Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ fusion energy facility in Devens, Massachusetts, will house ...

Inside a vast, hangar-like building in Devens, a trio of employees are working to test and assemble the pieces of what is likely one of the most advanced machines being built on Earth. One part of a ...

An innovative algorithm for detecting collisions of high-speed particles within nuclear fusion reactors has been developed, inspired by technologies used to determine whether bullets hit targets in ...

Scientists in the US have recently developed a powerful new digital test bed, the Griffin reactor physics modelling and simulation software, that could significantly speed up the development of ...