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There is a list of active fusion organizations at : https://www.fusionenergybase.com/organizations https://www.fusionenergybase.com/organizations Also the fus

by sien 6y ago

There is a list of active fusion organizations at : https://www.fusionenergybase.com/organizations https://www.fusionenergybase.com/organizations Also the fusion subreddit is reasonably active : https://old.reddit.com/r/fusion/ https://old.reddit.com/r/fusion/ For anyone after an up to date book on fusion The Future of Fusion Energy is good: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43700662-the-future-of-fusion-energy https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43700662-the-future-of-f...

willis936 6y ago
I can't say anything about that website since I am not familiar. The subreddit is godawful and no one should waste their time. The book is top notch and everyone interested should give it a read (assuming you care enough and have enough disposable income to afford it, it is not cheap).
- sien 6y ago
  Where do you get fusion news? There is news on that subreddit of all the fusion startups, even the lesser known ones like HB11. The Kindle version of The Future of Fusion Energy is $US 12.
  - willis936 6y ago
    Well, I work on a fusion research machine in an academic setting, so weekly seminars. I hear about startups from coworkers, but I’m not too interested in them because I am jaded about their prospects. I understand that they are considered moonshots by VC, but I still think their chance of success is 0%. I’d love to be proven wrong, but a lot of smart people have been working on this for a long time. I don’t think we’ll be shaking out any magical revelations anytime soon. Advancements in turbulent transport is where the important work lies imo. Anything funded by DoE (which is a lot) necessarily has to keep all publications public. Just because you don’t have a subscription to Nuclear Fusion or IEEE Transactions on Plasma doesn’t mean you can’t learn about what’s going on for free. It’s unfortunately just a pain to find. Look for papers hosted on websites of projects at PPPL, ORNL, UWisc, IPP, etc.

by sien 6y ago

willis936 6y ago

I can't say anything about that website since I am not familiar. The subreddit is godawful and no one should waste their time. The book is top notch and everyone interested should give it a read (assuming you care enough and have enough disposable income to afford it, it is not cheap).

sien 6y ago
Where do you get fusion news? There is news on that subreddit of all the fusion startups, even the lesser known ones like HB11. The Kindle version of The Future of Fusion Energy is $US 12.
- willis936 6y ago
  Well, I work on a fusion research machine in an academic setting, so weekly seminars. I hear about startups from coworkers, but I’m not too interested in them because I am jaded about their prospects. I understand that they are considered moonshots by VC, but I still think their chance of success is 0%. I’d love to be proven wrong, but a lot of smart people have been working on this for a long time. I don’t think we’ll be shaking out any magical revelations anytime soon. Advancements in turbulent transport is where the important work lies imo. Anything funded by DoE (which is a lot) necessarily has to keep all publications public. Just because you don’t have a subscription to Nuclear Fusion or IEEE Transactions on Plasma doesn’t mean you can’t learn about what’s going on for free. It’s unfortunately just a pain to find. Look for papers hosted on websites of projects at PPPL, ORNL, UWisc, IPP, etc.