Playing catch up: can the stellarator win the race to fusion energy?

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Power Technology has published an interesting article on fusion research, given the first promising results from the new Wendelstein 7-X stellarator device at the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics.

Wendelstein 7-X produced its first hydrogen plasma in February 2016, sparking speculation that the stellarator could overtake the tokamak as the leading experimental form of nuclear fusion energy production.

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Check the full article here, with comments by Wendelstein 7-X Scientific Director Professor Thomas Klinger and Professor Tony Donné, programme manager at EUROfusion.

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