A step toward fusion power: MIT advance helps remove contaminants that slow fusion reactions

December 2, 2010 by David L. Chandler, MIT News Enlarge

Photo of the interior of Alcator C-Mod during a test run shows the glowing hot plasma, which can reach more than 55 million degrees 

The long-sought goal of a practical fusion-power reactor has inched closer to reality with new experiments from MIT’s experimental Alcator C-Mod reactor, the highest-performance university-based fusion device in the world.Celsius. Image: Plasma Science and Fusion Center