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Magnetic mirror holds promise for fusion
In a Polywell design, a high-density plasma excludes magnetic field, traps itself.
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I'm so excited for this! I've been following this reactor design for over a decade, and while I'm not nearly educated enough to understand everything about it I like its potential far more than the high-temperature Tokamak Fusion process. And I'm deeply grateful to the US Navy for continuing funding for the research, but I really wish it wasn't classified in the process. This would be better suited under ARPA-E.