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Merged How Close is power from Nuclear Fusion

I am liking that so many independent companies are looking to build prototype plants in relatively short time scales.

UK-Centric view

A more general overview:

Strangely, not so much news from our old favourite:

Maybe (hopefully) 10 years rather than 50.
 
 
Another small step closer than it was yesterday:

The report does not say at what temperature the plasma is. My guess (without evidence) is that it is not anywhere near hot enough for fusion.
 
The report does not say at what temperature the plasma is. My guess (without evidence) is that it is not anywhere near hot enough for fusion.
Correct. They still have not attained both sustained plasma and ignition in the same facility.
 
Gord, would you mind adding the tags "fusion" and "fusion power" to this thread to make it easier to find?

I came across a video from PBS Space Time recently (an excellent science channel, imo). It is focused mainly on what material to make the wall of a tokamak out of. That probably doesn't sound very interesting when I put it like that, but it is an important question to be solved.


I didn't come away from it thinking that practical nuclear power is coming in my own lifetime, or even in the foreseeable future. But that's my own pessimism more than the overall tone of the video.
 
Gord, would you mind adding the tags "fusion" and "fusion power" to this thread to make it easier to find?
I came across a video from PBS Space Time recently (an excellent science channel, imo). It is focused mainly on what material to make the wall of a tokamak out of. That probably doesn't sound very interesting when I put it like that, but it is an important question to be solved.


I didn't come away from it thinking that practical nuclear power is coming in my own lifetime, or even in the foreseeable future. But that's my own pessimism more than the overall tone of the video.
I would love to do that but I think it requires admin privileges.

How did you find it because I could not without the Search function working.

I was going to post this: https://www.yahoo.com/news/alloy-could-fortify-fusion-reactors-143000765.html and a couple of other links I did not save.
 
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