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reactors rely onmagnetic fields to heat plasma inside a chamber and keep the fusion process going.These fields are typically cre- ated by large coils outside the reactor. In the dynomak, electrical current goes directly into the plasma to create themagnetic fields, resulting in a simpler and cheaper reactor. Jarboe and his team created their design for a reactor about one- tenth the size of one that would be used to create electricity for consumers. They hope to increase the size of their test models

Dr. Thomas Jarboe led the team that created this model of a dynomak, which uses plasma to help generate electricity much more quickly and cheaply.