Mustafa Karatüm

Overcoming Mechanical and Economic Barriers in Alternative Fusion Reactor Designs: A Quantitative Engineering Framework

Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) using liquid-metal piston compression is often presented asa lower-cost alternative to steady-state magnetic confinement. This paper examines four ofits principal engineering-economic barriers with an explicit, reproducible parameter set: me-chanica...

Overcoming Mechanical and Economic Barriers in Alternative Fusion Reactor Designs: A Comprehensive Engineering Framework

As classical magnetic confinement (Tokamak) systems face persistent scalingand latency challenges, alternative architectures such as Magnetized Target Fusion(MTF) using liquid metal pistons and Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) presentviable pathways to net-positive energy. Howev...