Ahmed M. Hala·Oct 13EAST Fusion Reactor as a Particle Factory: Dust, Tritium and the Halutron™ Route to Producing…A tokamak is judged by the energy it may one day sell. This case study is about the particles it makes and handles on the way there, with…
Ahmed M. Hala·Oct 11WEST Fusion Reactor Longest Run: A Case Study AnalysisA 1,337-second plasma on the WEST tokamak is the strongest test case yet for the Lawson Stability Manifold. Read with computation first, it…
Ahmed M. Hala·Jun 14Symplectic Phase Space: Rethinking Plasma StabilityIn my earlier Medium article, “The Criterion,” I argued that the classical Lawson criterion, while foundational, is ultimately passive. It…
Keen Research·Apr 8The Quantum Shortcut That Powers the StarsClassical physics declares nuclear fusion impossible. Inside the Sun, where temperatures reach 15 million degrees, hydrogen nuclei still…
Ahmed M. Hala·Feb 26The Halutron™: Dusting Off the Calutron for a Superconducting Isotopes SeparationThe Calutron, developed during the Manhattan Project, was an electromagnetic isotope separator characterized by high energy consumption due…
Next Step Fusion - https://blog.nextfusion.org/·Feb 2Controlling Plasma Temperature and Safety Factor with Gyrotrons Using Reinforcement LearningIn previous blog posts, we have shown how reinforcement learning can be used to control the shape of plasma in a tokamak. In a research…
Next Step Fusion - https://blog.nextfusion.org/·Nov 25, 2025Model Verification Using NSFsim: Plasma-free (Vacuum) CalculationsPlasma-free (Vacuum) Calculations
y'space·Sep 27, 20250-D Power Balance: A Simplified Model of Fusion PlasmaA critical challenge in nuclear fusion is controlling certain properties of the fusion plasma, such as temperature and pressure, to improve…
Chuck Lovorn·Aug 5, 2025How Tokamaks Survive the Heat — and Why the Next Step Might Be Cooler Than We Think.“You don’t need to fight the fire. You just need to learn its rhythm.”
