Reining in runaway electrons: Summit study could help solve fusion dilemma
January 07, 2025
January 07, 2025
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Simulations performed on ORNL's Summit supercomputer may point to a solution for the problem of runaway electrons inside a fusion reactor's tokamak. The study suggests the Alfven wave, left, a ripple-like fluctuation of the magnetic field within the reactor's plasma, could be used to disperse the electrons, right. Credit: Chang Liu, Pri . . .
Simulations performed on ORNL's Summit supercomputer may point to a solution for the problem of runaway electrons inside a fusion reactor's tokamak. The study suggests the Alfven wave, left, a ripple-like fluctuation of the magnetic field within the reactor's plasma, could be used to disperse the electrons, right. Credit: Chang Liu, Pri . . .