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Plus: * Stellarators like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X are very interesting academically, and th
by markvdb 9y ago
Plus:
* Stellarators like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X are very interesting academically, and the only alternative approaching net energy positive fusion within an order of magnitude.
* The shrinking of the process thanks to HTS magnet technology brings net energy positive fusion within reach of national governments or soon even major institutions.
He was promoting a compact MIT tokamak design called SPARC, a derivative of ARC described below:
http://news.mit.edu/2015/small-modular-efficient-fusion-plant-0810 http://news.mit.edu/2015/small-modular-efficient-fusion-plan...