A projectile’s firing distance into fuel has been improved by more than ten times thanks to First Light Fusion, located in Yarnton, Oxfordshire.
The development, according to the business, is essential to its commercial power plant design.
It was described as a “exciting step” by corporate scientist Mila Fitzgerald.
In order to create a heavier particle and release usable energy, small particles are heated and forced together in nuclear fusion.
By employing a bullet that is traveling at a high speed to compress a target that contains fusion fuel, First Light is exploring a novel method of fusion.
A key component of Fusion Light’s power plant design is the ability to propel a projectile precisely and maintain its solid state when it strikes the fusion fuel.
