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) 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 - 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)
References
External links Fusion One Corporation Magnetized target fusion technology description by General Fusion Inertial Confinement Fusion at NIF - How ICF Works Focus Fusion EMC2 Fusion Development Corporation