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Re:Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be by maxerickson on Thursday April 27, 2017 @03:56PM (#14214208)
Interesting question. Brief research says the cycle time is ~1 hour (or less):

http://www.steel.org/making-steel/how-its-made/processes/pro...

It could also be a plant for shredding scrap, where I guess it wouldn't be a time issue so much (and if it doesn't have the material inflows to run full time, timing cheap power would make sense).

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Re:Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday April 28, 2017 @12:19AM (#14216839)
Thanks for the link, looks pretty detailed. I work in steel fabrication, so it'll make interesting reading for me.
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