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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by r2_pilot on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:39AM (#33985998)
> Actual power plants are self sustaining Actual power plants are not necessarily self-sustaining and practically none of them can start if the grid power is not available. See: black start power plants and https://youtu.be/uOSnQM1Zu4w
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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by Retric on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @11:55AM (#33986270)
If it on average produces less electricity than it consumes then it isn’t a power plant.

Black start is obviously a different question than being self sustaining.

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