Nuclear fusion ignition in the laboratory confirmed:
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Can someone provide more context? Is this type of mechanism that can be used for commercial fusion? Or is this a fundamental scientific experiment that replicates what happens inside the sun but probably not the type of mechanism that can be used for a commercial reactor?
I tend to believe that grid level fusion power generation is 30 years away and always will be.
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Love Sabina Hossenfeld’s videos. But this one addresses the breakthrough claims. How to evaluate them: TOTAL Energy input consumed vs TOTAL Energy Output … then conversion to electricity which is the goal.
They may be making improvements but they have a long way go
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Here’s one reason:
lol…36.4 million.
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By saying 30 years, you can get funding for nearly 20 years until they realize it will not work.
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If they’re not going to mention the Q factor it’s not very interesting. We won’t see commercial reactors until Q > 25.
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The reactor in the Science Lab should also achieve fusion, but first we need to fix the vacuum pump…
but if a 12 year old kid can do it, we can too:
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and no, we will not achieve a Q above 1 with a Farnsworth-Hirsch fusor design. But it will be cool to say we are the only Makerspace with a fusion reactor
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Radioactive Boy Scout is not fusion but is a great book. It’s been a while since I read it but some of the most interesting sections deal with materials acquisition. Incredible creativity.
https://www.amazon.com/Radioactive-Boy-Scout-Backyard-Nuclear-ebook/dp/B000FC1AJS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BXOMBM0D0PY1&keywords=nuclear+boy+scout&qid=1660704995&
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I’ve read that book. It is tragic what became of him.
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