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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by Someone on Monday December 12, 2022 @11:17AM (#33956387)
Electricity in, heat out, I think. Getting that heat back to electricity will cost some, I expect more than that 0.4
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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by fanf2 on Monday December 12, 2022 @03:29PM (#33959803)
The efficiency of a thermal power plant is around 40%, depending on the temperature of the steam it can produce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_power_station#Thermal_...
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Re:Fusion energy breakthrough by Livermore Lab by mayama on Tuesday December 13, 2022 @03:32AM (#33966183)
Note that energy in the case of ICF is produced instantaneously. There is no approach to capture this energy in production at this moment. Capturing that enery is still ongoing research topic.
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