Get the latest tech news

US nuclear fusion reactor prevents plasma instability 200 milliseconds in advance


The PACMAN platform successfully stabilized a fusion reactor in live tests at the DIII-D facility, running in just 20 milliseconds.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/technology

Read more on:

Photo of Milliseconds

Milliseconds

Photo of advance

advance

Photo of plasma instability

plasma instability

Related news:

News photo

200 Milliseconds

News photo

Agents think in milliseconds, legacy infrastructure doesn't. LinkedIn, Walmart and Zendesk shared how they closed the gap at VB Transform 2026

News photo

Switzerland dug a hole the size of two soccer fields to install the world’s most powerful underground battery, able to release 1.2 GW in milliseconds and store 2.1 GWh at a multibillion-dollar price tag