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Introduction
General Fusion is pursuing the fastest, most practical path to bringing fusion energy to market using its Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) technology. In this scheme, a rotating liquid metal liner forms the plasma boundary and outer flux conserver in an evacuated target chamber. The centrifugal force pushes the liquid metal outward, creating a stable vortex about the axis of the machine. A Marshall gun forms a magnetized plasma ring of spherical tokamak configuration in this vortex cavity. An array of pistons surrounding the liquid metal liner is actuated to initiate the collapse of the liner to compress the plasma
to fusion conditions. Neutrons are released from deuterium-tritium fusion and deposit their energy into the liquid metal, which is circulated through a heat exchanger to generate steam to power a turbine to generate electricity.i
Filiberto Braglia, Patrick Carle, Akbar Rohollahi, Stephen Howard, Myles Hildebrand. 2024.
i Laberge, M. Magnetized Target Fusion with a Spherical Tokamak. J Fusion Energ 38, 199–203 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10894-018-0180-3
