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September 15, 2016

Scientists move step closer to solving fusion plasma dilemma
Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Sep 15, 2016
A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST claims to have made yet another step towards finding a solution to one of the critical but unsolved fusion plasma physics problems, which is to mitigate or suppress the potentially harmful plasma edge instabilities, so-called the Edge Localised Modes (ELMs). The energy bursts caused by ELMs would be a detrimental event, as it can potentially damage the internal components of the fusion plasma devices like ITER. Therefore, the fundamental understanding o ... read more

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