Advanced fusion control breakthrough brings clean, reliable energy closer to realityResearch done by nT-Tao and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev introduces a new “nonlinear controller” that keeps power flowing smoothly even as the plasma inside the reactor changes rapidly. Technicians use a service system lift to access the target chamber interior for inspection and maintenance at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California(photo credit: Philip Saltonstall/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/Handout via REUTERS).
