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Scientists Discover How To Stabilize Plasma In Fusion Reactors

posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 23 2018, @01:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the plasma-conduits dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

Experts were able to simulate the mechanism that stabilizes plasma in fusion reactors. This development could take humankind one step closer to a clean, unlimited source of fusion energy.

So...practical commercial fusion is still 50 years way (just like it's been for the past 60 years), right?

Source: https://www.techtimes.com/articles/232452/20180719/scientists-discover-how-to-stabilize-plasma-in-fusion-reactors.htm

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by takyon on Monday July 23 2018, @01:09PM (4 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Monday July 23 2018, @01:09PM (#711194) Journal

    The new findings constitute a significant development in the quest for nuclear fusion energy

    I think we're all pretty jaded at this point (at nuclear, battery, etc. developments). Lockheed's "portable" fusion is going nowhere [nextbigfuture.com]. There are other companies working on compact fusion that could beat ITER to the punch but it is still a slow development process, even if they can be made to work.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @02:33PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @02:33PM (#711239)

    Lockheed's "portable" fusion is going nowhere

    Don't knock portable fusion. We're going to need it to power our blockchain phones [soylentnews.org]

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @07:27PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 23 2018, @07:27PM (#711401)

      The stabilizing mechanism they've found is blockchain! Blockchain is what will make web-scale fusion possible!

  • (Score: 4, Informative) by PiMuNu on Monday July 23 2018, @02:52PM

    by PiMuNu (3823) on Monday July 23 2018, @02:52PM (#711256)

    On a related note, I saw an interesting presentation about cost models for different high field magnets recently (for FCC).

    https://indico.cern.ch/event/686555/contributions/2962534/attachments/1681487/2701640/Magnet_design_studies.pdf [indico.cern.ch]

  • (Score: 2) by pdfernhout on Tuesday July 24 2018, @02:24AM

    by pdfernhout (5984) on Tuesday July 24 2018, @02:24AM (#711523) Homepage

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Fusion#Mr._Fusion [wikipedia.org]

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