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Given this situation, there is considerable interest in developing alternative designs. | Given this situation, there is considerable interest in developing alternative designs. | ||
Their common goal is to achieve fusion power generation at lower cost by exploiting the hypothetical improved plasma confinement properties of a different magnetic field configuration (or other design features), which would allow a reduced size of the power plant. | Their common goal is to achieve fusion power generation at lower cost by exploiting the hypothetical improved plasma confinement properties of a different magnetic field configuration (or other design features), which would allow a reduced size of the power plant. | ||
<ref>D. Clery, [[doi:10.1126/science.345.6195.370|Science '''345''', 6195 (2014) 370]]</ref> | <ref>D. Clery, ''Fusion's restless pioneers'', [[doi:10.1126/science.345.6195.370|Science '''345''', 6195 (2014) 370]]</ref> | ||
<ref>[http://www.nature.com/news/plasma-physics-the-fusion-upstarts-1.15592 | <ref>M.M. Waldrop, ''Plasma physics: The fusion upstarts'', [http://www.nature.com/news/plasma-physics-the-fusion-upstarts-1.15592 Nature '''511''', 7510 (2014)]</ref> | ||
Currently, none of the alternative designs have achieved these potential benefits. | Currently, none of the alternative designs have achieved these potential benefits<ref>D. Clery, ''Ouside insights: alternative fusion'', [https://www.euro-fusion.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Newsletter/EUROfusion%20Fusion%20in%20Europe/EUROfusion_Fusion_in_Europe_2019_Sept.pdf Fusion in Europe, Summer 2019, p. 14]</ref><ref>P. Ball, ''The chase for fusion energy'', [https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-021-03401-w/index.html Nature, 2021]</ref>. | ||
== Alternative designs and associated companies == | == Alternative designs and associated companies == | ||
* [https://www.typeoneenergy.com/ Type One Energy] - a stellarator design with optimized turbulent transport | |||
* [https://cfs.energy/ Commonwealth Fusion Systems]<ref>''MIT launches multimillion-dollar collaboration to develop fusion energy'', [https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-02966-3 Nature News, 9 March 2018] </ref> | |||
* [http://www.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ Levitated Dipole Experiment] | * [http://www.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ Levitated Dipole Experiment] | ||
* Colliding beam reactor - [[:wikipedia:Tri Alpha Energy, Inc.|Tri Alpha Energy]] | * Compact Spherical [[Tokamak]] - [http://www.tokamakenergy.co.uk/ Tokamak energy Ltd.] | ||
* Colliding beam reactor - [[:wikipedia:Tri Alpha Energy, Inc.|Tri Alpha Energy]]<ref>L. Grossman, ''Inside the Quest for Fusion, Clean Energy’s Holy Grail'', [http://time.com/4082939/inside-the-quest-for-fusion-clean-energys-holy-grail/ Time, Oct. 22, 2015]</ref> | |||
* [[:wikipedia:Polywell|Polywell]] - EMC2 company | * [[:wikipedia:Polywell|Polywell]] - EMC2 company | ||
* Magnetized target reactor - [http://www.generalfusion.com/ General Fusion] | * Magnetized target reactor - [http://www.generalfusion.com/ General Fusion] | ||
* Dense Plasma Focus - [http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/ LPP Fusion] | * Dense Plasma Focus - [http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/ LPP Fusion] | ||
* [http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/compact-fusion.html Compact Fusion] - Lockheed Martin (Skunkworks)<ref>[http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2014/10/updated-are-old-secrets-behind-lockheeds-new-fusion-machine | * [http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/compact-fusion.html Compact Fusion] - Lockheed Martin (Skunkworks)<ref>D. Clery, ''Updated: Are old secrets behind Lockheed's new fusion machine?'', [http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2014/10/updated-are-old-secrets-behind-lockheeds-new-fusion-machine Science, 17 October 2014]</ref> | ||
* [http://appliedfusionsystems.com/ Applied Fusion Systems]<ref>[https://bdaily.co.uk/entrepreneurship/09-03-2017/a-former-made-in-chelsea-star-is-looking-to-raise-200m-to-build-nuclear-fusion-reactors A former Made in Chelsea star is looking to raise £200m to build nuclear fusion reactors]</ref> | |||
* [https://firstlightfusion.com/ First Light Fusion]<ref>''The Fusion Reactor Next Door'', [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/13/business/fusion-energy-climate-change.html?utm_medium=techboard.tue.20190514&utm_source=email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=campaign New York Times, May 13 (2019)]</ref> - projectile-based inertial fusion | |||
* Plasma Liner Experiment (PLX)<ref>''Magneto-inertial fusion experiment nears completion'' [https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-10/aps-mfe100919.php EurekAlert, Oct 21 (2019)]</ref> | |||
* [https://kyotofusioneering.com/en/ Kyoto Fusioneering] | |||
* [https://www.zapenergyinc.com/ Zap Energy] - based on Z-pinch | |||
* [https://www.helicalfusion.com/en/ Helical Fusion] - Helical device (Heliotron) | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Fusor]] | * [[Fusor]] | ||
* [[Single-Pointed Magnetic Confinement]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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