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Im Zeitraffer: Zusammenbau von Wendelstein 7-X: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJpSrqitSMQ (best @ 0.56x)
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10437075
More: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAx243-m51RI-k_4lsAqidA/fee...
Good to see that there is enough money to pursue stellarators while simultaneously working on tokamak designs like ITER.
Well, whichever nation builds the first working Fusion power plant wont know where to put all the money.
Also, my guess is neither of these "traditional" approaches will work to create actual fusion power. My guess is someone else's out of left field approach that will totally shock the scientific community will be the winner.
Good to see that there is enough money to pursue stellarators while simultaneously working on tokamak designs like ITER.
I was chatting about this with a friend and there are something like 5 different in production technologies which produce or cause nuclear fusion. Only three I think are aimed at sustainable power generation, but it's still pretty cool.
http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/ (Focus fusion)
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/compact-fusion.htm...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, whichever nation builds the first working Fusion power plant wont know where to put all the money.
How long until NSA and China steal those designs, though? Two...maybe three months? I guess whoever builds it will also have the expertise advantage in dealing with those designs, though, which should give them at least a few years of competitive advantage. Also, my guess is neither of these "traditional" approaches will work to create actual fusion power. My guess is someone else's out of left field approach that wi…
It doesn't say how many watts of power this machine would produce and what is the cost to produce per watt? It would be interesting to compare numbers and see if this machine would ever see mass production in next few decades.
It doesn't say how many watts of power this machine would produce and what is the cost to produce per watt? It would be interesting to compare numbers and see if this machine would ever see mass production in next few decades.
I'm glad that Germany now has the option of stellarating the monsters they capture. EDIT: On reading further, it turns out I may have misinterpreted the article.
It doesn't say how many watts of power this machine would produce and what is the cost to produce per watt? It would be interesting to compare numbers and see if this machine would ever see mass production in next few decades.
It doesn't say how many watts of power this machine would produce and what is the cost to produce per watt? It would be interesting to compare numbers and see if this machine would ever see mass production in next few decades.
"The purpose of Wendelstein 7-X is to evaluate the main components of a future fusion reactor built using stellarator technology"
So I'm guessing it can't produce power as it is.