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Fusion simplification demonstrated by Pacific Fusion and Sandia
Members of the Pacific Fusion team pose in front of the Z Pulsed Power Facility at Sandia National Laboratories. (Photo: Pacific Fusion)
California-based Pacific Fusion, in partnership with Sandia National Laboratories, has reported “removing a significant roadblock to practical fusion power at scale” by achieving pulser-driven inertial confinement fusion (ICF) with a simpler, less expensive approach than previously used.
Sarah Khalil, Xian-Ming Bai, Todd Allen
Transactions | Volume 106 | Number 1 | June 2012 | Pages 1268-1269
Embedded Topical Meeting: Nuclear Fuel and Structural Materials for the Next Generation Nuclear Reactors (NFSM 2012) | Poster Session
