IEC Fusion Technology: Picture Of WB-7 Fusion Test Reactor Available

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Picture Of WB-7 Fusion Test Reactor Available

There is a picture up at EMC2 Fusion showing the WB-7 Test Reactor vessel. All polished stainless steel with a nice logo.

H/T Tom Ligon

4 comments:

Unknown said...: Mmm. Shiny. Good luck to them (and to all of us).

I sure wish information would come out a bit faster though! :); April 16, 2008 at 12:22:00 AM GMT+1
M. Simon said...: I sure wish information would come out a bit faster though! :)

Don't we all!; April 16, 2008 at 12:26:00 AM GMT+1
Martin C said...: Is it actually stainless?
As they are going to be creating powerful magnetic fields inside it they dont want the field lines attaching to the container as this would form a loss-path for the recirculating electron flux.
It might be better to make it from a material that can't hold a magnetic field.
So I think it might be polished Aluminium alloy.
Whatever it is made of, it is surely a most impressive piece of kit and like everyone else I cant wait to hear some real results!; April 17, 2008 at 10:12:00 AM GMT+1
M. Simon said...: There are stainless alloys that are non magnetic. Try it on your stainless silverware some time.

Stainless is better because of its high strength compared to Aluminum.; April 17, 2008 at 10:19:00 AM GMT+1

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