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Why not the vortex compression types of "reactors"? a.la http://generalfusion.com/ http://generalfusion.com/
by bdamm 8y ago
Why not the vortex compression types of "reactors"? a.la http://generalfusion.com/ http://generalfusion.com/
- nielsbot 8y agoDo you know how close they are to a "real" reactor? Their website seems light on details about that...
- pfdietz 8y agoGeneral Fusion recently gave up on their original design (a spheromak-type plasma inside an imploding liquid metal vortex.) Instead, they're going to a spherical tokamaka where liquid metal compresses the plasma from the outside. In this new concept, there is now a solid wall on the inside that is not shielded from the plasma by a thick layer of liquid metal. That means power density limits due to limits on wall loading will apply to their reactor, just as they do to conventional DT magnetic fusion reactor schemes. So, the major theoretical engineering advantage of their idea has been lost.
- moneytide1 8y agoThat was a large Bezos Foundation investment wasn't it?