EspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 10 months agoUS nuclear-fusion lab enters new era: achieving ‘ignition’ over and overwww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down12cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkUS nuclear-fusion lab enters new era: achieving ‘ignition’ over and overwww.nature.comEspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squareDadifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 months agoThey’re saying the NIF wasn’t made to be a power plant, just a research facility, so now they have to figure out how to make it sustainable. Also, much more work has gone into tokamak systems, so laser fusion is somewhat behind.
They’re saying the NIF wasn’t made to be a power plant, just a research facility, so now they have to figure out how to make it sustainable. Also, much more work has gone into tokamak systems, so laser fusion is somewhat behind.