The first plasma: the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device is now in operation

Re:The first plasma: the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device is no... by k4l3 on Thursday December 10, 2015 @03:09PM (#10713085)

Good call on the actual price. Still 1/13th the current cost of the not-yet-operational ITER... Makes me wonder if the stellerator concept will be more feasible in the long run.

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Re:The first plasma: the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device is no... by fabian2k on Thursday December 10, 2015 @03:24PM (#10713182)

I don't think you can draw any conclusions from comparing the price of Wendelstein 7-X and ITER. ITER is much larger than Wendelstein, it looks like the magnets in ITER are roughly 10 times as heavy, so ITER needs much more material than Wendelstein.

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Re:The first plasma: the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device is no... by lmm on Thursday December 10, 2015 @05:29PM (#10714050)

This is an earlier-stage demonstration than ITER. A fairer comparison would be with the cost of JET.

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