Fusion Reactor SPARC

[elektra]

Not that this is breaking news, but... But, here it is. SPARC fusion technology being developed by MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

I have a personal reason to share this. I am on this project. I am working on the super-conducting magnets. This is crazy to me. If this works, I can say I was one of the people that worked on this. Of course, if it does not work I am going to have to pray it was not something I missed, which it won't be.

Why the USA or any other government would waste a dime or a minute of time on anything less than Fusion or Fission reactors is a story of greed and corruption. Nuclear power is the future.

SPARC​

https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc
The MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center in collaboration with private fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS). is developing a conceptual design for SPARC, a compact, high-field, net fusion energy device. SPARC would be the size of existing mid-sized fusion devices, but with a much stronger magnetic field. Based on established physics, the device is predicted to produce 50-100 MW of fusion power, achieving fusion gain, Q, greater than 10. Such an experiment would be the first demonstration of net energy gain and would validate the promise of high-field devices built with new superconducting technology. SPARC fits into an overall strategy of speeding up fusion development by using new high-field, high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets.


The first step in this roadmap will be to carry out research leading to development of the large, superconducting magnets needed for fusion applications. Once the basic engineering of HTS fusion magnets is established, the next step will be to use that technology to build SPARC. SPARC is designed with a 1.85m major radius and 0.57m minor radius operating at a toroidal field of 12.2T and plasma current of 8.7MA, producing 50-100 MW of fusion power. Its mission will be to demonstrate break-even fusion production and to demonstrate the integrated engineering of fusion-relevant HTS magnets at scale. While audacious in its goals, SPARC leverages decades of international experience with tokamak physics and is a logical follow-on to the series of high-field fusion experiments built and operated at MIT. The long term goal is to introduce fusion power into the energy market in time to help combat global warming.

 

[lg325]

The results of all those science Fair Projects by school kids including me.Fine article thankyou for posting.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Not that this is breaking news, but... But, here it is. SPARC fusion technology being developed by MIT and Commonwealth Fusion Systems.

I have a personal reason to share this. I am on this project. I am working on the super-conducting magnets. This is crazy to me. If this works, I can say I was one of the people that worked on this. Of course, if it does not work I am going to have to pray it was not something I missed, which it won't be.

Why the USA or any other government would waste a dime or a minute of time on anything less than Fusion or Fission reactors is a story of greed and corruption. Nuclear power is the future.

SPARC​

https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc
The MIT Plasma Science & Fusion Center in collaboration with private fusion startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS). is developing a conceptual design for SPARC, a compact, high-field, net fusion energy device. SPARC would be the size of existing mid-sized fusion devices, but with a much stronger magnetic field. Based on established physics, the device is predicted to produce 50-100 MW of fusion power, achieving fusion gain, Q, greater than 10. Such an experiment would be the first demonstration of net energy gain and would validate the promise of high-field devices built with new superconducting technology. SPARC fits into an overall strategy of speeding up fusion development by using new high-field, high-temperature superconducting (HTS) magnets.


The first step in this roadmap will be to carry out research leading to development of the large, superconducting magnets needed for fusion applications. Once the basic engineering of HTS fusion magnets is established, the next step will be to use that technology to build SPARC. SPARC is designed with a 1.85m major radius and 0.57m minor radius operating at a toroidal field of 12.2T and plasma current of 8.7MA, producing 50-100 MW of fusion power. Its mission will be to demonstrate break-even fusion production and to demonstrate the integrated engineering of fusion-relevant HTS magnets at scale. While audacious in its goals, SPARC leverages decades of international experience with tokamak physics and is a logical follow-on to the series of high-field fusion experiments built and operated at MIT. The long term goal is to introduce fusion power into the energy market in time to help combat global warming.
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How long have they got reactions to last for? I've not been keeping up with nuclear lately.

 

[elektra]

How long have they got reactions to last for? I've not been keeping up with nuclear lately.

I have no idea. I just found out about this project when I was asked to be a part of it.

Now I am busy 10 hours a day working on it

 

[elektra]

How long have they got reactions to last for? I've not been keeping up with nuclear lately.

I do know we have developed the most powerful magnet in the world. I work on the magnet part of the project.

 

[Captain Caveman]

I have no idea. I just found out about this project when I was asked to be a part of it.

Now I am busy 10 hours a day working on it

Nuclear fusion: new record brings dream of clean energy closer

Nuclear fusion still remains a long way off but brings the world one step closer to endless clean energy.

www.bbc.co.uk

Interesting info in the link, I didn't know the UK said, "No chance", with the EU.

So the UK reactor created a 5 second reaction, and their plans to have a fusion reactor up and running in the 2040's. The government here have set up a Fusion body to develop the technology. UK government's investment is £650m, the EU are on £5b and beset with delays.

 

[Flopper]

Fusion Energy has long been the dream of scientists, the ideal future energy source for the planet. It is low cost energy, clean, green, no long lived radioactive waste, no risk of meltdown, enough of required elements for fusion to last millions of years.

Also fusion rocket engines could revolutionize space travel by providing clean energy and enabling efficient acceleration without the need for a large fuel supply.

 

[Oddball]

 

[mamooth]

Why the USA or any other government would waste a dime or a minute of time on anything less than Fusion or Fission reactors is a story of greed and corruption.

So, how much power is that reactor producing now?

What's that? Zero?

It seems your claim is that only the corrupt won't spend money on a system that produces no power. Interesting.

Nuclear power is the future.

Then invest in it.

What's that? It loses too much money? You demand massive government subsidies, as if the USA were France? What a surprise.

Renewables are far, far cheaper than nuclear, so that's where the non-crazy people invest.

 

[elektra]

So, how much power is that reactor producing now?

What's that? Zero?

It seems your claim is that only the corrupt won't spend money on a system that produces no power. Interesting.


Then invest in it.

What's that? It loses too much money? You demand massive government subsidies, as if the USA were France? What a surprise.

Renewables are far, far cheaper than nuclear, so that's where the non-crazy people invest.

$300 trillion is the cost of renewables.

You are a bit confused, MOOT, this thread is about Fusion, not Fission.

 

[elektra]

How long have they got reactions to last for? I've not been keeping up with nuclear lately.

I have not followed how long the reaction lasted. All I know is I am workkng on the world's m9st powerful magnet that will contain the fusion reaction in the sparc reactor which I thought wss more than just an experiment.

I know nothing except my tiny part of the experiment.
From what I understand the components I work on are what the suoerconductor will be contained in.

• Design
  SPARC is a compact, high-field tokamak that uses superconductor technology to achieve burning plasma conditions. It's designed to produce large amounts of power from fusion, but it won't convert that energy into electricity. Instead, SPARC will verify the technology and physics needed to build a power plant based on the ARC fusion power plant concept.