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Re:Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100M°C for 30 seconds by vintermann on Thursday September 08, 2022 @09:32AM (#32765249)
Well, when it's that much heat, you're going to need a lot of water.

Also, when dealing with that much high energy radiation, your metal has a tendency to wondrously become another metal, with all the problems that comes with.

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Re:Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100M°C for 30 seconds by xani_ on Thursday September 08, 2022 @09:42AM (#32765390)
> Well, when it's that much heat, you're going to need a lot of water.

we want a lot of water! That's a lot of energy!

> Also, when dealing with that much high energy radiation, your metal has a tendency to wondrously become another metal, with all the problems that comes with.

That's kinda problem with anything fusion or fission, wherever neutrons hit things get weird. Probably much worse for fusion tho.

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