…The experiments produced 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds (11 megawatts of power)…. It’s not a massive energy output – only enough to boil about 60 kettles’ worth of water. But the significance is that it validates design choices that have been made for an even bigger fusion reactor now being constructed in France….
In 2085. Maybe.
SOX here we come! Ready to tackle some glowpunks.
Honestly, I’d like a fusion reactor better than a classic nuclear reactor. As far as I know from my physics class, a fusion reactor would be less dangerous than a classic one for the simple reason that operations would just stop once the controls break down instead of getting out of control.
And no radioactive material to get rid of afterwards.
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…The experiments produced 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds (11 megawatts of power)…. It’s not a massive energy output – only enough to boil about 60 kettles’ worth of water. But the significance is that it validates design choices that have been made for an even bigger fusion reactor now being constructed in France….
In 2085. Maybe.
SOX here we come! Ready to tackle some glowpunks.
Honestly, I’d like a fusion reactor better than a classic nuclear reactor. As far as I know from my physics class, a fusion reactor would be less dangerous than a classic one for the simple reason that operations would just stop once the controls break down instead of getting out of control.
And no radioactive material to get rid of afterwards.