Avalanche’s desktop fusion reactor delivers blistering-hot plasma
Fusion startup Avalanche has successfully heated plasma to 11 million degrees Celsius using a desktop-scale prototype. This milestone suggests that fusion energy could potentially be achieved at a smaller, more cost-effective scale than traditional large-reactor designs.
Why it matters
Achieving fusion at a smaller scale could accelerate the transition to clean, limitless energy by reducing the massive capital requirements of current fusion projects.
No one has made a fusion reactor capable of generating power, but physicists have a pretty good road map for how to get there. One major milestone is heating fusion fuel up above 10 million degrees Celsius — nearly as hot as the center of the Sun.
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