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Almacca@aussie.zone 2 weeks agoI looked that up and it’s a fusion reactor, apparently, from what I can figure out from their nigh-illegible website.
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It skips the steam cycle. That’s fucking cool. I really hope they get it working.
eleitl@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
They won’t.
Almacca@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Care to elaborate?
vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
there’s lots of handwavy things. They even said they “discovered new physics” to explain some disappointing (perfectly predictable, by other established nuclear physicists) results. “Oh the physics equation was wrong, we just need to make everything 25% bigger”.
Also, the emitted radiation levels will be insane once it’s scaled up
FippleStone@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
No.