List of fusion power technologies

The following is a list of fusion power technologies that have been practically attempted:

Pioneers

 * Beam-target (Oliphant, 1934)
 * Convergent shock-waves (Huemul, Argentina)
 * Magneto-electrostatic toroid trap (ATOLL, Artsimovich)
 * Tokamak (T-1 to 10, Kurchatov Institute, JET, ITER is under construction, and many more)
 * Toroidal z-pinch (ZETA)

Magnetic

 * Accelerated FRC (TCS-U)
 * Bumpy torus (ELMO, EBT, ORNL)
 * Galatea (Tornado)
 * Magnetic suspension (Levitron)


 * High beta tokamak (HBT-EP)
 * Levitated dipole
 * Odd-parity RMF
 * Reversed field pinch (MST, RFX-Mod Italy)
 * Spherical tokamak (MAST, NSTX)
 * Spheromak (SSPX Lawrence Livermore)
 * Stellarator (Wendelstein 7-X)
 * Non-neutral plasma (Columbia Non-neutral Torus)
 * Compact (NCSX Princeton [cancelled])


 * Tandem Mirror (Gamma-10 Japan)

Inertial

 * Laser Inertial (NIF) - direct drive
 * Inertial confinement fusion - indirect drive
 * Inertial confinement fusion - Fast Ignition
 * Heavy ion fusion (HIF, HIFAR Lawrence Berkeley)
 * MAGLIF: Combination pinch and laser ICF

Z-Pinch

 * Pulsed z-pinch (Saturn, Sandia)
 * High density Z-pinch (MAGPIE Imperial College)
 * Inverse Z-pinch
 * Shear Flow Stabilized (Zap Energy)

Inertial Electrostatic Confinement

 * Fusor (Fusor, Farnsworth)
 * IEC (Fusor, Hirsch-Meeks)
 * IEC with Periodically Oscillating Plasma Sphere (POPS, LANL)
 * IEC with plasma electrode (PoF, Sanns)
 * IEC with beam/spherical capacitor (STAR, Sesselmann)
 * Polywell (Fusor and Magnetic mirror hybrid)
 * IEC with Penning trap (Penning Fusion Experiment - PFX, LANL)
 * F1 (electrostatic and magnetic cusp hybrid - Fusion One)

Other/Combinatorial

 * CT Accel (CTIX, UC Davis)
 * Magneto-kinetic (PHDX, Plasma Dynamic Lab)
 * Magnetized target (AFRL, LANL)
 * Magneto-inertial (OMEGA laser, LLE, Rochester)
 * Levitated dipole [superconducting] (LDX, MIT, PSGC)
 * Maryland Centrifugal (MCX)
 * Sheared magnetofluid/Bernoulli confinement (MBX, Uni Texas)
 * Penning fusion (PFX, LANL)
 * Plasma jets (HyperV, Chantilly)
 * Magnetized target fusion with mechanical compression (General Fusion, Burnaby)
 * Field-reversed colliding beams (Tri-Alpha)
 * Muon-catalyzed fusion (Berkeley, Alvarez)
 * Dense Plasma Focus (Focus fusion, Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Lerner)
 * Rotating lithium wall (RWE, Maryland)