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Realta Fusion makes electricity, but not through heat conversion
Realta Fusion announced it has achieved direct energy conversion at the Wisconsin HTS Axisymmetric Mirror (WHAM), powering a lightbulb using electricity extracted from charged particles emitted by the plasma.
This process, called direct energy conversion (DEC), was theorized by Richard Post, a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and has been demonstrated experimentally a few times, the earliest being the “Venetian blind” converter in the 1970s.
ICRS 14/RPSD 2022 speaker
Specialty: Reactor Physics, Dynamics, Critical Experiments
PhD: Tokyo Institute of Technology Received PhD in research on subcritical reactors and CANDL reactors
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: 1F accident response at the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency One day after the accident, I entered the site and carried out monitoring and accident response. After that, the Prime Minister's official residence continued to respond.
Nuclear Regulation Authority
Responsible for reviewing nuclear reactors based on new regulatory standards.
Responsible for the first licensing examination after the accident. 5 or more units were audited. After that, he was in charge of analysis of Fukushima-daiichi Nuclear power station.
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