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Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion by dukoid on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @05:30PM (#28215100)
My money is on stellarators. Just saw Wendelstein in the newsfeed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28211413
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Re:Lawrence Livermore claims a milestone in laser fusion by pfdietz on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @06:50PM (#28215687)
Stellarators face many of the same likely showstoppers as tokamaks. Power density, materials, maintainability, complexity, cost.
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