Fusion -- Heating the Core (VIDEO)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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The linear-shaped plasma created in the Proto-MPEX machine at ORNL is suitable for testing novel metal alloys designed to protect the inside of fusion reactors that reach millions of degrees.

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Ted Biewer/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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