AI and Nuclear Fusion (UKAEA)

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Inside a Tokamak reactor, plasma is heated to 100 million degrees. It

Inside a Tokamak reactor, plasma is heated to 100 million degrees. It is unstable and wants to escape the magnetic field.

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) uses Deep Reinforcement Learning to adjust the magnets thousands of times a second to keep the plasma stable.

DeepMind collaborated with the Swiss Plasma Center (with UK involvemen

DeepMind collaborated with the Swiss Plasma Center (with UK involvement) to prove that AI can control the plasma shape autonomously.

This is a critical step towards commercial fusion power plants.

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AI is also used to accelerate the simulation of materials, finding met

AI is also used to accelerate the simulation of materials, finding metals that can withstand the intense neutron bombardment inside a reactor.

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What is fusion?

Fusion is a physics problem, but it is also a control problem. AI is helping the UK lead the race to the ultimate clean energy source.

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