MIT's simple ARC Reactor will make Nuclear Fusion power plants Real in few years.
Advances in magnet technology have enabled researchers at MIT to propose a new design for a practical compact tokamak fusion reactor .
it could be up and running within 10 years. The era of practical fusion power, which could offer a nearly inexhaustible energy resource, may be coming near.
MIT's new reactor is named as the ARC reactor.
Rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) superconducting tapes are the enabling technology behind the ARC reactor. When it is cooled to liquid nitrogen temperature, the superconducting tape can carry as much current as the large copper conductor, enabling the construction of extremely high‑field magnets, which consume minimal amounts of power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ECJSEeW_A&list=PLK2ccNIJVPpB_XqWWq_oaZGIDzmKiSkYc
it could be up and running within 10 years. The era of practical fusion power, which could offer a nearly inexhaustible energy resource, may be coming near.
MIT's new reactor is named as the ARC reactor.
Rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) superconducting tapes are the enabling technology behind the ARC reactor. When it is cooled to liquid nitrogen temperature, the superconducting tape can carry as much current as the large copper conductor, enabling the construction of extremely high‑field magnets, which consume minimal amounts of power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ECJSEeW_A&list=PLK2ccNIJVPpB_XqWWq_oaZGIDzmKiSkYc