List of fusion power technologies

The following is a list of fusion power technologies that have been practically attempted:

## Contents

* 1 Pioneers
* 2 Magnetic
* 3 Inertial
* 4 Z-Pinch
* 5 Inertial Electrostatic Confinement
* 6 Other/Combinatorial
* 7 References
* 8 See also

## Pioneers

* Beam-target (Oliphant, 1934)
* Convergent shock-waves (Huemul, Argentina)
* Magneto-electrostatic toroid trap (ATOLL, Artsimovich)
* Tokamak (T-1 to 10, Kurchatov Institute, JET, ITER is under construction, and many more)
* Toroidal z-pinch (ZETA)

## Magnetic

* Accelerated FRC (TCS-U)
* Bumpy torus (ELMO, EBT, ORNL)
* Galatea (Tornado)

* Magnetic suspension (Levitron)

* High beta tokamak (HBT-EP)
* Levitated dipole
* Odd-parity RMF
* Reversed field pinch (MST, RFX-Mod Italy)
* Spherical tokamak (MAST, NSTX)
* Spheromak (SSPX Lawrence Livermore)
* Stellarator (Wendelstein 7-X)

* Non-neutral plasma (Columbia Non-neutral Torus)[1]
* Compact (NCSX Princeton [cancelled])

* Tandem Mirror (Gamma-10 Japan)

## Inertial

* Laser Inertial (NIF) \- direct drive
* Inertial confinement fusion - indirect drive
* Inertial confinement fusion - Fast Ignition
* Heavy ion fusion (HIF, HIFAR Lawrence Berkeley)
* MAGLIF: Combination pinch and laser ICF

## Z-Pinch

* Pulsed z-pinch (Saturn, Sandia)
* High density Z-pinch (MAGPIE Imperial College)
* Inverse Z-pinch
* Shear Flow Stabilized (Zap Energy)

## Inertial Electrostatic Confinement

* Fusor (Fusor, Farnsworth)
* IEC (Fusor, Hirsch-Meeks)
* IEC with Periodically Oscillating Plasma Sphere (POPS, LANL)
* IEC with plasma electrode (PoF, Sanns)
* IEC with beam/spherical capacitor (STAR, Sesselmann)
* Polywell (Fusor and Magnetic mirror hybrid)
* IEC with Penning trap (Penning Fusion Experiment - PFX, LANL)
* F1 (electrostatic and magnetic cusp hybrid - Fusion One)

## Other/Combinatorial

* CT Accel (CTIX, UC Davis)
* Magneto-kinetic (PHDX, Plasma Dynamic Lab)
* Magnetized target (AFRL, LANL)
* Magneto-inertial (OMEGA laser, LLE, Rochester)
* Levitated dipole [superconducting] (LDX, MIT, PSGC)
* Maryland Centrifugal (MCX)
* Sheared magnetofluid/Bernoulli confinement (MBX, Uni Texas)
* Penning fusion (PFX, LANL)
* Plasma jets (HyperV, Chantilly)
* Magnetized target fusion with mechanical compression (General Fusion, Burnaby)
* Field-reversed colliding beams (Tri-Alpha)
* Muon-catalyzed fusion (Berkeley, Alvarez)
* Dense Plasma Focus (Focus fusion, Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Lerner)
* Rotating lithium wall (RWE, Maryland)

## References

1. ↑ "CNT". http://www.apam.columbia.edu/CNT/.

## See also

* Fusion One Corporation Website
* Magnetized target fusion technology description by General Fusion
* Inertial Confinement Fusion at NIF - How ICF Works
* Focus Fusion Home Page
* EMC2 Fusion Development Corporation

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