Fingers crossed it yields results soon. My fingers are crossed for like 20 years now.
I very much doubt there will be a commercial fusion power plant within the next 30 years. Especially an article written not by a scientific journal but by another western piece of toilet paper. We are most likely talking about STEP, which is a typical TOKOMAK, invented back in 1950 by Soviet scientists. There have been no fundamental design changes since then and it is likely to be another dead-end project on which the British taxpayers will lose billions.
The money would be better spent on building Fast Reactors, especially as they can use existing nuclear waste as fuel for generating electricity
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Isn’t it a bit soon when ITER won’t even begin testing until 2025?
German Wendelstein Stellarator is so far the best.
So, the press release suggests things are still moving forward. However, there was nothing in the latest press release about timetable. Rolls Royce originally said the first would be up and running in 2030 with two more each year thereafter.
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Let me guess it’s 10 years Away from viability ?
Fingers crossed it yields results soon. My fingers are crossed for like 20 years now.
I very much doubt there will be a commercial fusion power plant within the next 30 years. Especially an article written not by a scientific journal but by another western piece of toilet paper. We are most likely talking about STEP, which is a typical TOKOMAK, invented back in 1950 by Soviet scientists. There have been no fundamental design changes since then and it is likely to be another dead-end project on which the British taxpayers will lose billions.
The money would be better spent on building Fast Reactors, especially as they can use existing nuclear waste as fuel for generating electricity
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Isn’t it a bit soon when ITER won’t even begin testing until 2025?
German Wendelstein Stellarator is so far the best.
Energy crisis promo nuclear plant innovation
Does anyone know the timetable for [Rolls Royce’ 16 ‘small modular reactors’?](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-54703204.amp)
A press release from July this year said that [Rolls Royce has signed a delivery and manufacturing partnership agreement for the SMR programme with Cavendish Nuclear.](https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/press-releases/2021/08-07-2021-rr-and-cavendish-nuclear-sign-delivery-and-manufacturing-partnership-agreement.aspx) “The consortium already includes many well-established UK nuclear industry brands including Assystem, Atkins, BAM Nuttall, Laing O’Rourke, National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), Rolls-Royce, Jacobs, The Welding Institute (TWI) and Nuclear AMRC.”
So, the press release suggests things are still moving forward. However, there was nothing in the latest press release about timetable. Rolls Royce originally said the first would be up and running in 2030 with two more each year thereafter.