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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by ourmandave on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @07:41AM (#30271933)
But the significance is that it validates design choices that have been made for an even bigger fusion reactor now being constructed in France.

They already started construction on a larger one? What if it had invalidated design choices?

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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by remus on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @07:47AM (#30271983)
Presumably they feel like the major design choices at ITER have already been validated and this experiment validates some more minor design choices.
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Re:Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy by unfocussed_mike on Wednesday February 09, 2022 @07:46AM (#30271964)
> What if it had invalidated design choices?

The government money was already allocated and even the government can't unring that bell!

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