Re:Three papers highlight results of record yield nuclear fu...
by tomp on Sunday August 14, 2022 @01:25PM
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Has the first bullet (“ignition”) been achieved before, or is this the first time?
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Re:Three papers highlight results of record yield nuclear fu...
by _ph_ on Sunday August 14, 2022 @02:05PM
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Yes it has. For example JET achived 16 MW of fusion power output in 1997. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_European_Torus)
Its successor, ITER is supposed to produce more energy than used in creating the fusion process. It is still under construction in France.
Re:Three papers highlight results of record yield nuclear fu...
by oofbey on Sunday August 14, 2022 @01:54PM
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This is not the first time. But it’s the biggest net gain so far by a good wide margin.
Still a very long way to go before becoming similar to a fossil burning power plant. They got equivalent of 1 megawatt for a single second. A typical coal plant is hundreds of megawatts continuously.