Fusion Watch — Daily Digest
April 1, 2026
Signal of the Day
A liquid lithium divertor on NSTX-U successfully handled 12 MW/m² — above the ITER baseline target. Combined with a neural operator achieving sub-ms MHD equilibrium reconstruction on KSTAR, today marks a rare day where two major roadblocks saw simultaneous progress.
Top Papers
- Liquid Lithium Divertor Concept — 12 MW/m² heat removal, no damage
- Neural Operator for MHD Equilibrium — Sub-ms solving on KSTAR
- ML Disruption Prediction — 95% accuracy at ITER scale