Talk:List of fusion experiments

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Is the separation of torroidal "correct"? I don't think it's the shape that's important, but the method used to confine the plasma. I'm thinking of re-arranging this into "Magnetic confinement", making all of the existing entries in torroids as sections within. This would also allow entries for mirror devices and other schemes, which are currently (and obviously) missing. We also seem to need a section for electrostatic devices like the fence and such, and one for pinch devices as well. Maury 12:49, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The "Toroidal machine" section is actually a subsection of "Magnetic confinement" already. Mirror devices and others are missing, so feel free to add examples in new or existing subsections appropriately. Thanks, --Gabbec 03:05, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not clear whether this list is only to include academic and/or research projects, but it seems the following might be added somewhere:
 * + Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Focus Fusion/DPF
 * + Helion Energy, Inductive Plasmoid Accelerator (IPA)/Fusion Engine, FRC-sourced plasma collider
 * + General Fusion, magnetized target fusion (unclear how much of the project physically exists)
 * + Tri Alpha Energy, hybrid Migma FRC approach (reportedly well funded, but operating in stealth mode)
 * + Electron Power Systems, spheromak/Electron Spiral Toroid collider (still soliciting funding, unclear how much of the project physically exists)
 * + Magneto-Inertial Fusion Technologies, Inc. (MIFTI), staged Z-pinch (based on research originally conducted at the University of California, Irvine)
 * + CrossFire Fusion Reactor or Magnetic and Electrostatic Nuclear Fusion Reactor
 * + Bee Research, Sesselmann Tube Accelerator Reactor (STAR)/IEC
 * + FPGeneration, Multiple Ambipolar Recirculating Ion Beam Experiment (MARBLE)
 * Krellkraver (talk) 03:09, 22 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Lockheed Martin Compact Fusion Reactor is another one missing from the list. I don't think it's fully built, but perhaps this article needs a section for works in progress. Hadron137 (talk) 01:00, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

LENR?
Is there any particular reason why the multitude of LENR experiments (MIT, NASA, Osaka University, DARPA, Navy SPAWAR, (Navy) NRL, Andrea Rossi, etc) aren't even given mention here as an experiment? Barwick (talk) 13:52, 29 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Bueller? Anybody?  If you don't have any opposition, I'll work on putting together a short writeup about LENR experiments.  Barwick (talk) 15:06, 6 June 2012 (UTC)

KMS?
Is there any particular reason why the KMS Fusion experiments aren't even given mention here as an experiment? They were the first to achieve fusion in the lab!? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.136.29.223 (talk) 20:54, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

PLT, PDX
The TFTR article notes that its predecessors at Princeton were the Princeton Large Torus (PLT) and the Poloidal Diverter Experiment (PDX), which I imagine we should add to this list when good sources can be cited. (A quick scan of the PPPL Website didn't find any historical pages sufficiently detailed to mention those devices.) 50.181.30.121 (talk) 23:51, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

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Inertial hypervelocity impact / shockwave fusion research
I don't see a reference here to the First Light Fusion research into using shockwaves from "hypervelocity" impacts (think railguns) into shaped targets containing a D-T mix. Would this project be of relevance here? From their press releases: "Following more than six months of investigation addressing factors including tritium breeding, corrosion rates and compatible steels, researchers at UKAEA concluded that, fundamentally, the concept is viable."

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Tokamak 3 and Tokamak 4
I think Tokamak 3 closed in 1969 and Tokamak 4 closed in 1978 but I can't find a site proving this. I have the following sources https://www.iter.org/newsline/102/1401 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2017.0446 and https://quillette.com/2022/02/21/fusion-power-is-coming/ and https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1978FizPl...4.1211I/abstract

I will add these values if this is valid but I don't want to have unsourced claims that Tokamak 3 closed in 1969. ScientistBuilder (talk) 21:34, 14 June 2022 (UTC)