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Re:Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma du... by thrance on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @08:37PM (#43097536)
Not to downplay it, but it's still only half as hot as would be required of a commercial reactor. Also this reactor had no mechanisms to recover energy or neutrons to breed tritium. Still impressive and encouraging.
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Re:Nuclear fusion: WEST beats the world record for plasma du... by XorNot on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @02:01AM (#43099389)
Right but that's what ITER is for. This type of research is to validate control systems which can be transferred to that project (i.e. prove you can do it, then prove its not machine-dependent).
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