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Magnetized Target Fusion Featured
September 8, 2010
The October 2010 issue of Discovery Magazine features a discussion of
Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF), in an article titled "The Long and
Winding Road to Fusion." MTF explores the possibility of operating at a
fusion fuel density intermediate between the relatively low density of
the tokamak mainline magnetic approach to fusion and the ultra-high
density characteristic of inertial confinement fusion. MTF has long been
advocated by scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Experiments are underway in the Shiva Star facility located at the Air
Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque. The potential advantages of
operating at intermediate density and details of the MTF program will be
the subject of two papers (by Irv Lindemuth and Glen Wurden,
respectively) at Fusion Power Associates annual meeting and symposium,
"Fusion Energy: Focus on the Future" December 1-2 in Washington, DC.