{"id":9,"date":"2023-05-22T21:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T21:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2023-06-06T23:14:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T23:14:06","slug":"what-is-a-stellarator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/what-is-a-stellarator\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Stellarator?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>A stellarator is a fusion reactor that uses a magnetic confinement loop to create a specific environment to sustain a revolving plasma. The \u2018mobius strip\u2019 design consists of a large metal loop with smaller, different sized magnetic rings surrounding it, allowing for continuous plasma confinement and flow. Stellarators, unlike other fusion reactor designs, operate by uninterrupted plasma flow, allowing for a more consistent output of energy, and can even be used to breed tritium. The video below discusses the background and science of the stellarator concept.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stellarators - The Future of Fusion Energy [2020]\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qKTePWmHRQw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">References <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Lanctot, Matthew. \u201cDoe Explains&#8230;Nuclear Fusion Reactions.\u201d <em>Energy.Gov<\/em>, www.energy.gov\/science\/doe-explainsnuclear-fusion-reactions#:~:text=In%20a%20fusion%20reaction%2C%20two,The%20leftover%20mass%20becomes%20energy. Accessed 22 May 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YouTube. (2020, January 11). <em>Stellarators &#8211; the future of fusion energy [2020]<\/em>. YouTube. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qKTePWmHRQw <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stellarator is a fusion reactor that uses a magnetic confinement loop to create a specific environment to sustain a revolving plasma. The \u2018mobius strip\u2019 design consists of a large metal loop with smaller, different sized magnetic rings surrounding it, allowing for continuous plasma confinement and flow. Stellarators, unlike other fusion reactor designs, operate by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12877,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/nseseniordesign2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}