United States should prepare to build a prototype fusion power plant, panel says

Re:United States should prepare to build a prototype fusion ... by jeletonskelly on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @09:54AM (#18706749)

Didn't Lockheed say they had a working fusion reactor design a couple of years ago? What ever came of that?

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Re:United States should prepare to build a prototype fusion ... by gilleain on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:00AM (#18706801)

Apparently:

> In May 2016, Rob Weiss announced that Lockheed Martin continued to support the project and would increase its investment in it

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Re:United States should prepare to build a prototype fusion ... by mtgx on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:58AM (#18707462)

I think they were supposed to show a prototype by now, but obviously that hasn't happened yet.

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Re:United States should prepare to build a prototype fusion ... by bufferoverflow on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @12:50PM (#18708701)

Strange the SEC didn't get involved. Promise of a working fusion reactor is HUGE. Yet they harassed Musk over some tweets.

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Re:United States should prepare to build a prototype fusion ... by godelski on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @01:07AM (#18713468)

Lockheed didn't promise an exact stock value and directly manipulate a market. The difference is fine, but it is distinct.

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Re:United States should prepare to build a prototype fusion ... by monocasa on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @10:16AM (#18706987)

They said at the time that their timeline was five or six years until a working prototype.

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