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In transition: Commercializing fusion power
Commercial fusion power is closer than ever. There are now around 30 U.S. fusion companies, several of which claim to be on track to connect to the grid as early as the 2030s.
Tokamak and laser inertial confinement approaches benefit from decades of research at facilities such as the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and ITER, with alternative concepts including stellarator, magnetic mirror, and Z-pinch confinement also making notable progress as private and government funding for fusion increases.
Hiroyuki Miyagaki, Juro Yagi, Tomohiro Okada, Keisuke Mukai, Satoshi Konishi
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 76 | Number 4 | May 2020 | Pages 458-463
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2020.1716457
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Liquid Li-Pb eutectic alloy and lithium, assumed to be used in a liquid blanket system for fusion reactors, can easily contain light element impurities. It is thought that these impurities have bad influences on compatibility with structural materials. However, an effective reducing method for impurities has not yet been established. In this work, an electrochemical method is focused on this application. The experimental results of our work suggest the transfer of hydrogen and nitrogen impurities. From the results, a possible way to remove the impurities by electrochemical method is shown.