Fusion breakthrough: break-even met and surpassed.

[Tezz500]

Bro Homer Simpson ran a nuke plant.

 

[q6543]

Just was listening about this on all in podcast

It took over 300 mega joules to power the 2 mega joule lasers.

But the 2 became 3... so they call that fusion ignition.

But it took 100X the energy to create the output.
So it's definitely mis represented.

 

[Tezz500]

Just was listening about this on all in podcast

It took over 300 mega joules to power the 2 mega joule lasers.

But the 2 became 3... so they call that fusion ignition.

But it took 100X the energy to create the output.
So it's definitely mis represented.

I haven’t read the study or reports but I assume it’s a break through in that they’ve proven some part of it is possible and not just theoretical.

Still very far from practical applications

 

[Relaxed Chaos]

A long road ahead to make fusion a real energy source. However, nothing worth doing is easy.

There is no "breakthrough": NIF fusion power still consumes 130 times more energy than it creates

NIF fusion power still consumes 150 times more energy than it creates. We are decades away from commercial fusion power plants.

bigthink.com

What you really need to know about that fusion news

We’re entering fusion’s time in the sun…sort of.

www.technologyreview.com

 

[Tezz500]

A long road ahead to make fusion a real energy source. However, nothing worth doing is easy.

There is no "breakthrough": NIF fusion power still consumes 130 times more energy than it creates

NIF fusion power still consumes 150 times more energy than it creates. We are decades away from commercial fusion power plants.

bigthink.com

The universe itself proves it’s possible. Stars run on it….

I think the question is can you make fusion viable at a scale small enough to replace modern day generating stations?

I definitely think it’s technology worth investing in… I just don’t know how they get it scaled down from a giant fire ball at the center of our solar system…

 

[James Snover]

Just was listening about this on all in podcast

It took over 300 mega joules to power the 2 mega joule lasers.

But the 2 became 3... so they call that fusion ignition.

But it took 100X the energy to create the output.
So it's definitely mis represented.

Lots of time is being spent on developing more efficient lasers. The drive for inertial confinement fusion has spurred high-power laser research like nothing else. The advances in lasers has been as incredible, and as big a part of, the entire concept.

And no: the statement was not a mis-representation. Of the 2 Megajoules delivered, 3 Megajoules were obtained.

I can't wait to see the lasers you invent.

 

[Dusten]

Anyone can be trained. The U.S. Navy, for one, does it every year. Modern designs (like the Thorium Salt type) also limit the dangers involved in mis-handling of fission reactors. It's a good question, but one that can be dealt with.

Go look at the attrition rate of that school. And then the program.

 

[James Snover]

Go look at the attrition rate of that school. And then the program.

One would hope they only put the ones who pass in front of the control panels.