Today, some elements are used in fusion energy projects. One of these elements is tritium. However, tritium is a very rare and highly unstable element. TAE A technology company has published that it has found a less costly and safer way to solve the tritium problem. By publishing hydrogen-boron fusion (HB), the company has conducted tests in a magnetically confined special plasma field and achieved a world first.
It is known that the company TAE has received more than $1.2 billion in investment. TAE surprised everyone by sharing the impact they have found by using the fifth-generation fusion reactor called Norman, which has already exceeded 75 million °C and can stabilize the plasma at 30 million °C and extract energy from it. TAE stated that in the next 10 years they are targeting the plasma, which is much hotter than the tritium reactors. He explained that cylinder-head fusion reactors, which have been prototyped, will play an important role in achieving these goals.
The company recently made its first contribution to the scientific literature. It moved one step closer to a major goal with the publication of a peer-reviewed article in Nature Communications documenting the world's first hydrogen-boron fusion measurements. The tests were conducted using the LHD reactor at the National Institute of Fusion Science in Japan.
All the tests also showed that HB fusion was increasing to a measurable intensity. TAE recognized that HB fusion was working and stated that it will now be scaled up. He also stated that in the early 2030s there will be the first HB fusion power plants connected to the power grid.
News details and link: https://newatlas.com/energy/tae-first-hydrogen-boron-fusion/
