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Renaissance Fusion raises €32M to radically simplify complex fusion reactors
The startup is betting that by simplifying stellarators, it can make fusion power cheaper and easier to maintain.
But now, with net-positive fusion power no longer the stuff of science fiction, a fresh crop of startups have been founded on more mundane questions: Can reactors be built for less money? But the lines aren’t frippery; instead, they demarcate the high-temperature super conducting (HTS) magnets that define the quirky contours of the plasma inside. To give his design the necessary twists, Volpe drew on the work of a Spanish colleague, who 3D printed a scaffold to guide cheap, flexible cables into the form of a stellarator.
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