Comment on France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes
DataDisrupter@feddit.nl 2 months agoI wasn’t aware of that distinction about the energy for the laser to generate the heat energy within the reaction not being factored into the Q value, very interesting, thank you! Would that energy for the laser still be required in a “stable reaction” continuously, or would it be something that would “trail off”?
Womble@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Inertial confinement doesnt produce a “stable reaction” it is pulsed by it’s nature, think of it in the same way as a single cylinder internal combustion engine, persiodic explosions which are harnessed to do useful work. So no the laser energy is required every single time to detonate the fuel pellet.
NIF isnt really interested in fusion for power production, it’s a weapons research facility that occasionally puts out puff pieces to pretend it has civilian applications.
frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 2 months ago
Your take is incorrect.
Womble@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It would be more productive if you said how you think im wrong. Just saying ‘youre wrong’ doesnt really andd anything to the discussion.