Spanish nuclear fusion reactor takes a new approach

        October 1, 2024 Cosmos | Spain | nuclear: fusion

A first-of-its-kind SMART (SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak) reactor is being built at the University of Seville in collaboration with Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. Based on a donut-shaped tokamak geometry, the reactor employs negative triangularity to limit plasma instability, the main deal breaker to produce net gain (Q > 1).