Magnetized target
A magnetised plasma target compressed mechanically or by an imploding liner. Sits between magnetic and inertial confinement in density and timescale. The main open problem is compressing the liner onto the plasma symmetrically and fast enough to reach fusion conditions before the plasma cools or the liner breaks up.
In the record: 2 companies, 0 laboratories and programmes, 2 devices and 0 reactor designs.
Not yet in the record for this approach: reactor designs or measurements.
Related approaches
Broader: Magneto-inertial
Companies 2
Devices 2
Operating devices first, then those being built or planned, then those shut down, suspended or cancelled.
- FUSION POWER CORE Planned Compact Fusion Systems · US
- PJMIF Planned Hyperjet Fusion Corporation · US
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