Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed as a major breakthrough

Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by masoudd on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:16AM (#34051660)

We already have a stable fusion going. It's 8 light minutes away. All you have to do is to point a solar panel at it to harvest the energy.

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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by hrgiger on Monday December 19, 2022 @08:42AM (#34051909)

Korean reactor reached 7 times hotter than sun, when I was reading it made me laugh that humans said fuck the dyson sphere and skipped a step on Kardashev scale yet still I find it ironic that this one built with military support.

https://www.sciencealert.com/koreas-fusion-reactor-ran-7-tim...

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Re:Nuclear physicist explains why fusion ignition is hailed ... by jeffbee on Monday December 19, 2022 @04:43PM (#34058177)

Gravity confinement fusion with optical coupling. Really much, much more practical than the fanciful notion that NIF will miraculously lead to a commercial energy source that ingests diamond-coated nanopellets and has a duty cycle of 1:1e15.

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