X-ray imaging advances efforts to harness nuclear fusion: More accurate simulations could lead to 'break-even' fusion
Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 08:30
in Physics & Chemistry
A new X-ray imaging capability has taken pictures of a critical instability at the heart of Sandia's huge Z accelerator. The effort may help remove a major impediment in the worldwide, multi-decade, multi-billion dollar effort to harness nuclear fusion to generate electrical power from sea water.