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Livia Casali

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Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering, Zinkle Faculty Fellow, University of Tennessee

Magnetic fusion reactors contain super hot plasma in a donut-shaped container called a tokamak. dani3315/iStock via Getty Images

April 4, 2022

Nuclear fusion hit a milestone thanks to better reactor walls – this engineering advance is building toward reactors of the future

David Donovan, University of Tennessee and Livia Casali, University of Tennessee

In January 2022, the JET fusion experiment produced more power over a longer period of time than any past attempt. Two physicists explain the engineering advancements that made the result possible.

Nuclear fusion is what generates the energy of the sun: scientists are getting closer to controlling a sustained fusion reaction on Earth. Marko Aliaksandr/Shutterstock

February 24, 2022

Nuclear fusion record broken – what will it take to start generating electricity? Podcast

Daniel Merino, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Plus, the social pressure some people feel to be happy in the world’s happiest countries. Listen to The Conversation Weekly.

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