back to article Brit fusion magnets set for US gamma ray bombardment test

UK fusion company Tokamak Energy claims to have made a breakthrough in fusion magnets – and is prepared to test its technology at a US gamma ray facility in the desert. The Oxfordshire-based company has developed magnet technology it hopes will be able to withstand the electromagnetic bombardment from a fusion reaction while …

  1. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    So now we know...

    ...where Bruce Banner worked.

    1. ravenviz Silver badge

      Re: So now we know...

      ...and Peter Parker!

      1. Boris the Cockroach Silver badge
        Unhappy

        Re: So now we know...

        No chance of me mutating there :(

        1. Arthur the cat Silver badge

          Re: So now we know...

          November 14th: A partially muscled skeleton stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before vanishing.

  2. Kev99 Silver badge

    The need Lt Cdr Scott to work on it.

    1. Claptrap314 Silver badge

      What? The transparent aluminum wasn't enough?

  3. anothercynic Silver badge

    Oxford HQ?

    OXFORD? Didcot! They're in Milton Park! Calling it Abingdon is already a stretch (despite sharing the same post code), but Oxford? That's positively taking the mickey!

    I suppose they're trying to not scare people into not visiting them. They should've located themselves at Harwell! :-)

    1. FensMan

      Re: Oxford HQ?

      Milton Park, eh? Conveniently close to The Plum Pudding and Love Beer brewery.

      1. anothercynic Silver badge

        Re: Oxford HQ?

        On the other end of Milton Park (near Didcot B/ASDA Warehouse), but yes.

  4. Mayday
    Mushroom

    Bloody hell I want this to work.

    Sick of needing to dig holes in the ground, hope intermittent resources work and everything else that’s wrong with just about every other source of energy production.

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