List of fusion power technologies

The following is a list of fusion power technologies that have been practically attempted:

Pioneers

Beam-target (Oliphant, 1934)
Convergent shock-waves (Huemul, Argentina)
Magneto-electrostatic toroid trap (ATOLL, Artsimovich)
Tokamak (T-1 to 10, Kurchatov Institute, JET, ITER is under construction, and many more)
Toroidal z-pinch (ZETA)

Magnetic

Accelerated FRC (TCS-U)
Bumpy torus (ELMO, EBT, ORNL)
Galatea (Tornado)

:* Magnetic suspension (Levitron)

High beta tokamak (HBT-EP)
Levitated dipole
Odd-parity RMF
Reversed field pinch (MST, RFX-Mod Italy)
Tokamak (Spherical tokamak (MAST, NSTX), Spheromak (Dynomak, SSPX Lawrence Livermore))
Stellarator (Wendelstein 7-X)

:* Non-neutral plasma (Columbia Non-neutral Torus){{cite web |url=http://www.apam.columbia.edu/CNT/ |title=CNT |website=www.apam.columbia.edu |access-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031011073022/http://www.apam.columbia.edu/CNT/ |archive-date=11 October 2003 |url-status=dead}}

:* Compact (NCSX Princeton [cancelled])

Tandem mirror (Gamma-10 Japan)

Inertial

Laser Inertial (NIF) - direct drive
Inertial confinement fusion - indirect drive
Inertial confinement fusion - Fast Ignition
Heavy ion fusion (HIF, HIFAR Lawrence Berkeley)
MAGLIF: Combination pinch and laser ICF

Z-pinch

Z-pinch
Pulsed z-pinch (Saturn, Sandia)
High density Z-pinch (MAGPIE Imperial College)
Inverse Z-pinch
Shear flow stabilized (Zap Energy)

Inertial electrostatic confinement

Fusor (Fusor, Farnsworth)
IEC (Fusor, Hirsch-Meeks)
IEC with Periodically Oscillating Plasma Sphere (POPS, LANL)
IEC with plasma electrode (PoF, Sanns)
IEC with beam/spherical capacitor (STAR, Sesselmann)
Polywell (Fusor and magnetic mirror hybrid)
IEC with Penning trap (Penning Fusion Experiment - PFX, LANL)
F1 (electrostatic and magnetic cusp hybrid - [https://web.archive.org/web/20171030221802/https://www.fusionone.co/ Fusion One])

Other, hybrids

CT Accel (CTIX, UC Davis)
Magneto-kinetic (PHDX, Plasma Dynamic Lab)
Magnetized target (AFRL, LANL)
Magneto-inertial (OMEGA laser, LLE, Rochester)
Levitated dipole [superconducting] (LDX, MIT, PSGC)
Maryland Centrifugal (MCX)
Sheared magnetofluid/Bernoulli confinement (MBX, Uni Texas)
Penning fusion (PFX, LANL)
Plasma jets (HyperV, Chantilly)
Magnetized target fusion with mechanical compression (General Fusion, Burnaby)
Field-reversed colliding beams (Tri-Alpha)
Muon-catalyzed fusion (Berkeley, Alvarez)
Dense Plasma Focus (Focus fusion, Lawrenceville Plasma Physics, Lerner)
Rotating lithium wall (RWE, Maryland)