First Iran-Made Dynamitron Accelerator Unveiled

First Iran-Made Dynamitron Accelerator Unveiled

TEHRAN (ANA)- Iran’s first industrial electrostatic accelerator device called ‘Dynamitron’ was unveiled in a ceremony participated by high-ranking Iranian officials in Tehran.
Mitigating Corrosion by Liquid Tin Could Lead to Better Cooling in Fusion Reactors

Mitigating Corrosion by Liquid Tin Could Lead to Better Cooling in Fusion Reactors

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology clarified the chemical compatibility between high temperature liquid metal tin (Sn) and reduced activation ferritic martensitic, a candidate structural material for fusion reactors.
Ground Broken for 300MW Nuclear Power Plant in Southwest Iran

Ground Broken for 300MW Nuclear Power Plant in Southwest Iran

TEHRAN (ANA)- The construction of a nuclear power plant with a generation capacity of 300 megawatts started in the Southwestern city of Darkhovin, Khuzestan province.
Experimental Loop for Simulating Nuclear Reactors in Space

Experimental Loop for Simulating Nuclear Reactors in Space

TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists at Penn State University found that nuclear thermal propulsion, which uses heat from nuclear reactions as fuel, could be used one day in human spaceflight, possibly even for missions to Mars.
Smaller, Stronger Magnets Improve Devices to Harness Fusion Power of Sun, Stars

Smaller, Stronger Magnets Improve Devices to Harness Fusion Power of Sun, Stars

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) found a way to build powerful magnets smaller than before, aiding the design and construction of machines that could help the world harness the power of the sun to create electricity without producing greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
Material Separates Heavy Water from Ordinary Water

Material Separates Heavy Water from Ordinary Water

TEHRAN (ANA)- A research group led by Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University's Institute for Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Japan, and Cheng Gu of South China University of Technology, China, made a material that can effectively separate heavy water from normal water at room temperature.
How Does Radiation Travel through Dense Plasma?

How Does Radiation Travel through Dense Plasma?

TEHRAN (ANA)- Researchers at University of Rochester provided experimental data about how radiation travels through dense plasmas and their data will improve plasma models, leading to a better understanding of the evolution of stars and the controlled nuclear fusion.
Nuclear Fusion Energy Breakthrough: Ignition Confirmed in Record 1.3 Megajoule Shot

Nuclear Fusion Energy Breakthrough: Ignition Confirmed in Record 1.3 Megajoule Shot

TEHRAN (ANA)- After decades of inertial confinement fusion research, a yield of more than 1.3 megajoules (MJ) was achieved for the first time by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL’s) National Ignition Facility (NIF).
Korea's Fusion Reactor Runs 7 Times Hotter than Sun

Korea's Fusion Reactor Runs 7 Times Hotter than Sun

TEHRAN (ANA)- South Korea's 'artificial Sun' reactor has made headlines by officially sustaining plasma at a temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius for more than 20 seconds.
Scientists Achieve Self-Sustaining Nuclear Fusion

Scientists Achieve Self-Sustaining Nuclear Fusion

TEHRAN (ANA)- Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's National Ignition Facility in California confirmed that last year, for the first time in the lab, they achieved a fusion reaction that self-perpetuates (instead of fizzling out).
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