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US DOE Announces 10-Year Agreement On Stellarator Research With Max Planck Institute

By David Dalton
5 May 2026

Collaboration strengthens cooperation on nuclear fusion between US and EU

US DOE Announces 10-Year Agreement On Stellarator Research With Max Planck Institute
Wednelstein 7-X is a stellarator, a type of fusion device that uses twisted magnetic fields to confine plasma in a donut-shaped chamber. Courtesy IPP.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a 10-year project agreement with the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Germany to advance research on the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator.

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