DIII-D Scientists to Work with PPPL to Find a Path to Sustained Fusion Energy
October 22, 2020 13:30 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, Oct. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Researchers from the DIII-D National Fusion Facility are preparing to support their colleagues at the National Spherical Tokamak Experiment-Upgrade...
General Atomics Congratulates ITER on the Start of Machine Assembly
July 28, 2020 11:00 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, July 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- General Atomics (GA) congratulates the ITER Organization for the start of ITER machine assembly. ITER is the largest science project in history....
General Atomics and Framatome Join Forces on Nuclear Reactor Channel Boxes
February 20, 2020 14:49 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, Feb. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- General Atomics (GA) and Framatome are working together to develop nuclear reactor channel boxes fabricated from GA’s SiGA™ silicon-carbide composite....
DIII-D Researchers Use Machine Learning to Steer Fusion Plasmas Near Operational Limits
February 03, 2020 12:11 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, Feb. 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Researchers at the DIII-D National Fusion Facility achieved a scientific first this month when they used machine learning calculations to automatically...
DIII-D National Fusion Program Completes Year-Long Facility Upgrade
May 16, 2019 13:53 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, May 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The DIII-D National Fusion Program has completed a series of important enhancements to its fusion facility, providing researchers with several...
General Atomics Completes Fabrication of First ITER Central Solenoid Module
May 06, 2019 15:54 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, May 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- When the ITER fusion energy project in France powers up in 2025, its first operations will be enabled by the largest pulsed superconducting magnet ever...
Statement from General Atomics on the Release of the
December 17, 2018 13:07 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, Dec. 17, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- San Diego, December 17, 2018 – General Atomics (GA) Energy Group Vice President Jeff Quintenz released the following statement regarding the final report...
General Atomics Joins the Nuclear Energy Institute in Support of a Department of Defense Micro-Reactor Program
October 04, 2018 18:04 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, CA, Oct. 04, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- General Atomics (GA) expresses its support for the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) report, “Roadmap for the Deployment of Micro-Reactors for U.S....
General Atomics Establishes Memorial Website for Fusion Pioneer Tihiro Ohkawa
June 27, 2018 09:00 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- During his six-decade career researching plasma physics, Dr. Tihiro Ohkawa helped lay the groundwork for much of modern fusion energy science. Ohkawa,...
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General Atomics Awarded ARPA-E Funding for Advanced Reactor Research
June 05, 2018 20:15 ET | General Atomics
San Diego, June 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) on Monday awarded General Atomics (GA) a total of nearly $3 million in...