Fusion

• Cold Fusion Project by Jean-Louis Naudin - Description of "Cold Fusion Reactor" experiment based on the work of Mizuno and Ohmori. Includes videos of glowing, boiling cell [Real format]. Links to articles and related sites.
• Cold Fusion Research - 1989 report of the Energy Research Advisory Board to the United States Department of Energy. The central document arguing against Cold Fusion. Presented by National Capitol Area Skeptics (NCAS).
• Cold Fusion Research Laboratory - Full-text papers and books, CFRL newsletter, essays by researchers. From Dr. Hideo Kozima.
• Cold Fusion Times - Journal of the scientific aspects of loading isotopic fuels into materials. News and technical articles on Cold Fusion.
• Condensed Matter Nuclear Science - Peer-reviewed online journal that focuses on the various anomalies in metal deuterides and hydrides.
• Edmund Storms Cold Fusion - Articles, links, papers, photos from the former Los Alamos National Laboratory researcher.
• ICCF-11 - Information on the 11th International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science to be held in the Fall of 2004. Primary topic is Cold Fusion.
• Infinite Energy Magazine - Technical and general interest articles on energy sources that challenge conventional science, including Cold Fusion. Includes selection of articles from past issues.
• International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science - Promotes the understanding, development and application of Condensed Matter Nuclear Science for the benefit of its members and the wider community.
• Italian Cold Fusion Research Center - Laboratory in Frascati, part of the Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment.
• LENR-CANR.org - Comprehensive treatment of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR), or Chemically Assisted Nuclear Reactions (CANR). Contains library with full-text papers, and introductions and history of Cold Fusion for both the general public and researchers in the field.
• Remembering Eugene Mallove - News stories, eulogies, biography, and other coverage of the murder of Cold Fusion's champion Dr. Mallove on May 14, 2004.
• Thermal and Nuclear Aspects of the Pd/D20 System - Two-volume report on ten years of Cold Fusion research by the U.S. Navy. Volume 1 gives an overview and history of the research; Volume 2 details the technical setups and calorimetry. [PDF Format: Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]
• Vortex-L - Email discussion list on unconventional physics. Online archive. Includes regular Cold Fusion postings.

Alternative

• An Alternative Fusion Development Pathway - Georgia Institute of Technology paper proposing developing fusion first for uses other than electricity.
• Cold Fusion and the Bible Code - The King James English bible code mentions cold fusion energy.
• Feasibility of a Colliding Beam Fusion Reactor - Debate and calculations on Colliding Beam Fusion.
• How to Build a Homemade Nuclear Reactor - The information contained in this website may not be true and accurate and is intended for educational and entertainment purposes only.
• Modulated Quantum Neutron Fusion - The site discusses a neutron fusion concept based on conversion of hydrogen into neutrons, which then react to form helium with the release of fusion energy. The details as well as related theories and publications are presented. Developed proton:electron:proton nuclear model derives specific values for 60 unexplained phenomena to within 1% of their empirical values.
• Muonic Hydrogen Fusion - Research attempting to understand the reactions involving muons and different isotopes of hydrogen, as well as muon catalyzed fusion.
• Paper on Colliding Beam Fusion Reactor - Paper proposing fusion reactors using proton/boron-11 colliding beams confined in a field-reversed configuration.
• Thermonuclear Energy and Laser Weapon - Controversial theory (correcting Maxwell's equations) and corresponding ideas on the design of a fusion reactor, as well as a compact individual laser weapon. The website is in both English and Russian.

Magnetic

• Joint European Torus (JET) - The world's largest magnetic confinement fusion experiment; it is based on the tokamak concept.
• Alcator C-Mod - A research fusion experiment utilizing the world's highest magnetic field tokamak plasma confinement concept.
• ASDEX Upgrade Fusion Experiment - Experimental tokamak facility at Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Germany.
• CASTOR - A fusion research facility (a tokamak) of the Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic, Institute of Plasma Physics.
• Compass-D - Highly flexible, medium-sized tokamak that has been specifically designed to address the key physics issues associated with magnetic confinement fusion. It plays a major role in the co-ordinated European fusion programme and is funded by the DTI and EURATOM, with additional support from EPSRC and various schemes for student grants.
• Consorzio RFX - A fusion energy experiment in Padova, Italy. RFX is a toroidal device where a ring of high temperature ionized gas (plasma) is confined by a magnetic field in the Reversed Field Pinch configuration.
• FRC - An FRC (field reversed configuration) is a fusion concept where a toroidal plasma represents an elongated plasma ellipsoid conducting an azimuthal current which reverses the direction of an externally applied magnetic field.
• Fusion Ignition Research Experiment (FIRE) - A proposed next-step fusion experiment to study burning plasma physics based on the tokamak concept. It would require about $1.2B to build. Includes information related to FIRE, its engineering design, related publications and meetings.
• Fusion Plasma Physics at KTH (Sweden) - Plasma physics program at The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan).
• HBT-EP Tokamak - Experiment at the Columbia University Plasma Physics Laboratory to demonstrate the feasibility of a high-beta tokamak stabilized by a combination of a close-fitting conducting wall, plasma rotation, and active feedback.
• Helicity Injected Torus - HIT-II is the experiment to develop a method of coaxial helicity injection as a means of producing current drive. Built at the University of Washington.
• H-1NF - Australian fusion experiment based on the H-1 Heliac concept.
• HSX - Helically Symmetric eXperiment is a university scale plasma experiment based on the large-aspect-ratio helically-symmetric stellarator approach. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
• IGNITOR - A proposed next-step fusion experiment to study burning plasma physics in a relatively small device. This approach is based on the concept of a tokamak with very strong magnetic field, and is under development by an international team of plasma and fusion physicists.
• ISTTOK Tokamak - Tokamak plasma research experiment based at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Portugal.
• ITER - A proposed international experimental fusion reactor based on the tokamak concept. ITER's mission is to demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy for peaceful purposes.
• JT-60 Project at JAERI Naka Fusion Research Establishment - JT-60 is the largest fusion tokamak experiment in Japan, and one of the largest in the world.
• KSTAR - Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research. Fusion experiment based on the tokamak concept.
• Large Helical Device (LHD) - The largest current fusion experiment based on the stellarator concept. Located at NIFS, Japan. The mission of the LHD project is to develop a scientific basis for stellarator fusion reactor. An important feature in the LHD design is a high magnetic field of 3-4 Tesla produced by superconducting magnets.
• Levitated Dipole Experiment - Device to expore the physics of plasma confinement in a magnetic dipole field.
• Madison Symmetric Torus - MST is a research device based on the reversed field pinch concept. Built at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Operation began in 1988.
• MAST - Mega Amp Spherical Tokamak experiment at Culham, UK.
• National Compact Stellarator Experiment - NCSX is a compact stellarator concept based on quasi-toroidal symmetry.
• National Spherical Torus Experiment - NSTX is an experimental fusion device based on the spherical tokamak concept. Built at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory.
• PEGASUS Toroidal Experiment - Extremely low-aspect-ratio tokamak experiment at the Department of Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• QPS Project - A project to explore the quasi-poloidal approach to compact stellarators. Project reports and reviews.
• Spherical Stellarator - The SS is a low aspect ratio compact stellarator concept emphasizing effective use of the plasma (bootstrap) current to reach high plasma pressure operation and improved confinement. The concept is most advantageous at aspect ratios R/a < 3.5.
• Spheromak - The spheromak is a toroidal magnetic confinement concept where no toroidal magnetic field coils link the torus. The magnetic field is generated primarily by plasma currents.
• The SST-1 Tokamak - The Steady State Tokamak (SST-1) is under fabrication at the Institute for Plasma Research in India. SST-1 has superconducting TF and PF coils capable of producing a toroidal magnetic field of up to 3T. The goals include reaching the plasma pulse duration of up to 1000 seconds. Plasma heating and current drive will be provided by ICRH, NBI and LHCD. The project started in 1994.
• START - Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak fusion experiment at UKAEA Culham - it was a pioneering experiment based on the spherical tokamak concept. Operated 1991 - 1998. START's successor experiment is MAST.
• Stellarator News - An international newsletter containing online publications on stellarators and links to some other stellarator web pages.
• Stellarator Spheromak - The stellarator-spheromak is a fusion concept with elements of spherical stellarator and spheromak configurations.
• STX - Star Thrust Experiment at the University of Washington is an FRC (field reversed configuration) plasma startup experiment via application of a rotating magnetic field.
• SUNIST - The first spherical tokamak in China. Built at the Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
• Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (SSPX) - Spheromak now operating at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with a minor radius of 0.23m.
• TCS Experiment - The translation, confinement and sustainment FRC (field reversed configuration) experiment at the University of Washington.
• TFTR - The Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor experiment that was a large US fusion experiment directed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. Stopped operation and decomissioned by 2000.
• Unofficial ITER Fan Club - A community of people interested in International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor. We keep track of news, links and publications about ITER and fusion energy in general.
• Wendelstein 7-X - Large fusion experimental machine currently under construction in Greifswald, Germany; based on the large-aspect-ratio advanced stellarator concept.

Inertial

• National Ignition Facility (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) - The latest in a series of high-power laser facilities used for research in inertial confinement fusion.
• FUSOR - The site is devoted to home-scale activities for making a simple and inexpensive inertial electrostatic plasma confinement device.
• Inertial Confinement Fusion at GA - ICF program at General Atomics, concept description and monthly highlights.
• The Open Source Fusor Research Consortium - Home-scale inertial electrostatic confinement fusion community. Includes news articles and status.
• Staged Z Pinch - Description of a compact device projected to achieve break-even fusion using a pulsed electrical generator that drives current through an annular-plasma shell. Schematics, technical specifications, and links to related publications.
• Virtual National Laboratory for Heavy-Ion Fusio - Developing heavy-ion accelerators capable of igniting inertial-fusion targets for electric-power production.
• Zpinch Home Page - This is the home page for the Z Machine website, an interesting fusion device. Sandia National Labs Department 9536, The Fusion Accelerator Department.

Organizations

• BFR International Working Group on Anomalous Transport - This informal group involves members from Belgium, France and Romania collaborating on anomalous transport research for hot fusion plasmas.
• EFDA - European Fusion Development Agreement - EFDA activities include fusion technology R&D, the exploitation of the Joint European Torus (JET) facilities, and contributions to international collaborations, such as the ITER-project.
• Fusion Power Associates - Non-profit research and educational foundation providing information on the status of fusion development.
• General Atomics Fusion Group - The Fusion Group at General Atomics. Info about DIII-D Tokamak.
• ITER Fusion Research Collaboration - ITER is an international project to design and build an experimental fusion reactor based on the "tokamak" concept.
• Lodestar Research Corporation - Company specializes in plasma physics research with applications to controlled thermonuclear fusion. Located in Boulder, Colorado.
• Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik - Leading German research center concerned with investigating the physical principles underlying a nuclear fusion power plant. Materials at this website are presented in German and English.
• MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center - One of the leading university research laboratories on magnetic confinement fusion.
• National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), Japan - Fusion research at NIFS focuses on a stellarator concept. Major projects: Large Helical Device (LHD) and Compact Helical System (CHS).
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory Fusion Energy Division - The ORNL Fusion Energy Division carries out research in areas of magnetic fusion energy development.
• Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) - The U.S. National Laboratory dedicated to developing fusion energy science.
• Sandia National Laboratories Fusion Energy Science Program - Research on the interactions of plasmas and materials, the behavior of materials exposed to high-heat fluxes, and the interfaces of plasmas and fusion reactor walls.
• UKAEA Fusion at Culham, UK - Research towards realization of fusion power.
• University Fusion Association - Organization of educational institutions focusing on plasma science and technology for the development of an environmentally attractive energy source utilizing controlled thermonuclear fusion energy.
• University of Rochester - Laboratory for Laser Energetics - Laboratory hosts powerful lasers and carries out large-scale laser research including that relevant to laser fusion.
• U.S. Fusion Energy Sciences Program - Web page of the Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy.
• UW-Madison's Center for Plasma Theory and Computation - CPTC carries out theoretical, analytical, and numerical research on various aspects of fusion plasmas.