‘Most promising’ nuclear fusion reactor design simulated by US supercomputer

Photo caption: The last of the five field-period modules of the stellarator experiment Wendelstein 7-X was installed at the end of 2011. Photo credit: Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Tino Schulz – Public Relations Department, Max-Planck-Institut via Wikimedia. CC BY-SA 3.0, Article by Aman Tripathi. Interesting Engineering – September 25, 2025. Press release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Using extensive simulations on a Department of Energy supercomputer, Knoxville-based Type One Energy Group has refined the design for a commercial-scale fusion power plant. The company’s concept for an advanced stellarator device was developed with the help of high-performance computing at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). At the core of the design process was a substantial allocation of computing time on ORNL’s Summit supercomputer. […]

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