Artificial intelligence brings us closer to realizing the promise of nuclear fus

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Artificial intelligence brings us closer to realizing the promise of nuclear fusion

https://www.aip.org/scilights/artificial-intelligence-brings-us-closer-to-realizing-the-promise-of-nuclear-fusion

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Machine learning is helping address a long-standing magnetic stability issue in tokomak reactors.

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Achieving the promise of nuclear fusion as a source of limitless, safe, and clean energy is a grand challenge for science and engineering. The simplest closed magnetic geometry used to confine ultra-hot plasmas is the donut-shaped, rotationally symmetric tokamak. These configurations are susceptible to instabilities — tearing modes (TMs) — that reconfigure the magnetic field lines of the tokamak, break the tokamak's symmetry, and can disrupt plasma operation. Much work is being devoted to...

Researchers are using machine learning to mitigate tearing modes that disrupt plasma stability in tokamak reactors. By addressing these magnetic field instabilities, the technology aims to improve the operational reliability of fusion devices. This development provides a new method for maintaining plasma confinement during the fusion process.

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