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Nuclear fusion breakthrough: World’s largest stellarator delivers first helium-3
Scientists at the W7-X stellarator generate high-energy helium-3 ions for the first time in a major step towards fusion power.
Given W7-X’s experimental nature and scaled-down design compared to a full-fledged fusion power plant, scientists simulate these conditions using lighter, lower-energy particles. “The ICRH system is being developed and operated at W7-X under the umbrella of the Trilateral Euregio Cluster (TEC) in close collaboration between the Plasma Physics Laboratory of the Royal Military Academy in Brussels and the Jülich institutes IFN-1 and ITE.” It is theorized that helium-3 particles in the sun could be selectively accelerated by naturally occurring electromagnetic waves, forming massive clouds containing up to 10,000 times more helium-3 than usual.
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