Comment on Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated
Jode@midwest.social 9 months agoYeah I mean at the end of the day the goal is still “make water hot to turn spinny thing with steam”.
Comment on Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated
Jode@midwest.social 9 months agoYeah I mean at the end of the day the goal is still “make water hot to turn spinny thing with steam”.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
There is a helium fusion reaction that produces electrons. I’m not sure how feasible the process is for electricity generation, though.
Socsa@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
Helion says they will generate power directly from the electromagnetic field of the amplified plasma pulses (and then more from waste heat). It may work to some degree, but their proposed tritium reaction will produce enough neutrons to sterilize a couple cubic kms and render the entire assembly too radioactive to maintain by humans.