Machine Learning Helps Prevent Fusion Plasma Disruptions, a Key Step for Fusion Energy

Machine Learning Helps Prevent Fusion Plasma Disruptions, a Key Step for Fusion Energy: For decades, researchers have been pursuing fusion energy, an as-yet-unrealized energy dream that could provide massive amounts of clean power. However, fusion plasma is fickle, and disruptions decrease efficiency and render the nuclear reactions unsuitable for power production at scale. Now, researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility...