German startup wins accolade for its fusion reactor design

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German startup wins accolade for its fusion reactor design

Proxima Fusion, a two-year-old, German nuclear fusion startup, has published plans for a working fusion power plant in a peer-reviewed journal, in what is

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Max Planck spinout unveils 'world's most viable' fusion reactor plan

German startup Proxima Fusion — whose team includes engineers from MIT, Google, SpaceX, and McLaren — has unveiled a fusion energy reactor design it believes offers the quickest route to commercially viable fusion power. Dubbed Stellaris, the machine is a quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarator with high-temperature superconducting (HTS). This type of reactor uses complex, twisted magnetic fields to confine hot plasma, creating the conditions needed f…

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Nuclear fusion is the Holy Grail of energy, but its exploitation poses immense technical challenges.

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German Startup Wins Accolade For Its Fusion Reactor Design

A German nuclear fusion startup called Proxima Fusion has unveiled its "Stellaris" fusion power plant designed to operate reliably and continuously without the instabilities of tokamaks. It's backed by $65 million in funding, with plans to build a fully operational fusion reactor by 2031. TechCrunch...

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Proxima Fusion wants to have developed a practical concept of a Stellarator reactor.