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Re:General Fusion to build demonstration plant in UK by bobsmooth on Thursday June 17, 2021 @04:11PM (#27544033)
General Fusion's approach doesn't use magnetic confinement. Instead, they use liquid metal and pistons to create the pressures needed for fusion. The liquid metal then absorbs the heat energy which is extracted in the usual way.
Re:General Fusion to build demonstration plant in UK by DennisP on Thursday June 17, 2021 @10:16PM (#27546720)
It does use magnetic confinement. That central column is part of it. Then it adds the compression.