One of our former SULI students just won the APS History Essay Contest with an essay describing the early magnetic confinement fusion research that identified the importance of plasma shaping on performance. Read full essay at APS News.
Standing Watch
An annotated panorama view of the outer wall of the DIII-D National Fusion Facility. DIII-D is a tokamak; an experimental fusion reactor that uses magnetic fields to confine plasma. The 82 systems shown are managed by universities, national laboratories, and General Atomics.
Well, I guess this is my life now.
That’s as far you go, silly bear.
First trip to the zoo as parents, and the kids were more impressed by the tour buses than the animals 🙂