Helion prototype, gaming techniques for fusion, W7X stellarator efficiency, runaway electrons and fusion hotting up in Australia

A summary of recent fusion energy news stories presented by Dr Hazel Lowe, Plasma Diagnostician at Tokamak Energy. Links to all the articles mentioned are below for further reading.

Fusion news stories discussed:

1. Helion prepares to build seventh fusion prototype

https://world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Helion-starts-construction-of-seventh-fusion-proto

2. Gaming graphics card allows faster, more precise control of fusion energy experiments

https://phys.org/news/2021-07-gaming-graphics-card-faster-precise.html

https://spectrum.ieee.org/can-ai-make-a-better-fusion-reactor

3. The Wendelstein 7-X concept proves its efficiency

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-wendelstein-x-concept-efficiency.html

4. A major challenge to harvesting fusion energy on Earth

https://phys.org/news/2021-08-major-harvesting-fusion-energy-earth.html

5. Fusion energy quest hots up at Deakin and HB11 energy

https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/fusion-energy-quest-hots-up-at-deakin-and-hb11-energy

Bonus1. Massachusetts Start-Up Hopes to Move a Step Closer to Commercial Fusion

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/technology/commonwealth-fusion-mit-reactor.html

Bonus2. Fusion Energy Companies are Popping Up: Will we see stocks soon?

https://marketrealist.com/p/fusion-energy-stocks/

Bonus3. Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton University and PPPL Wins Highly Competitive Award for Groundbreaking Research

https://www.newswise.com/doescience/presidential-postdoctoral-fellow-at-princeton-university-and-pppl-wins-highly-competitive-award-for-groundbreaking-research/?article_id=755267

Bonus4. The Star Builders book by Arthur Turrell

https://www.simonandschu ster.com/books/The-Star-Builders/Arthur-Turrell/9781982130664

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02203-4

https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/566181-scientists-race-to-replicate-the-power-source-of-stars-in

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