Fusion Enabling Technologies & Physics

Overview

Intelligence asset in the Advanced Propulsion & Fusion Ecosystem.

Entity Type: Concept — Fusion Enabling Technologies & Physics is a technical concept or theoretical framework.

Source Documents

Intelligence derived from 5 source documents:

• lanl-high-density-frc-magnetized-target-fusion: The Princeton University Plasma Physics Laboratory hosted the US-Japan Joint Symposium on Compact Toruses and Energetic Particle Injection in December 1979. These proceedings detail collaborative rese
• FRC Fusion Challenges and Technologies: This strategic assessment, likely produced by researchers associated with ARPA-E and national laboratories, evaluates the maturation of Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) technology for advanced propu
• FRC Weaponization: LANL Proof-of-Concept: This intelligence assessment identifies Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 2014 LDRD project as the critical proof-of-concept for the weaponization of Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) plasma physics.
• High-density field-reversed configuration plasma f (1): Academic paper (IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 2006) by Intrator, Wurden, et al., discussing high-density FRC plasmas for Magnetized Target Fusion. It serves as a key primary source for the tech
• LANL FRC Research History Uncovered (1): This report by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) details the foundational era of Field-Reversed Configuration (FRC) research conducted between 1975 and 1991 through the FRX series of experiments.