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Scientists Test Helicon Drive for Fusion
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Physicists in San Diego successfully tested a helicon current drive method using 476 MHz radio waves to sustain plasma current. The General Atomics team coupled 370 kW of power for one second, driving 20 kA of current. While this supplied only about 2% of the total 1 MA current, the results suggest a viable path for continuous fusion reactor operation.
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