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Maybe also interesting in this context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X
by hn23 7y ago
Maybe also interesting in this context:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X
- awkwardaardvark 7y agoIf you understand German I can only recommend you give this interview a listen: https://alternativlos.org/36/ https://alternativlos.org/36/ Edit: I should mention that it is about Wendelstein 7-X.
- s9w 7y agoThat is very informative, thanks!
- rland 7y agoFor those who don't understand German, this is an interview in English, also from someone at Max Planck about Wendelstein 7-X: https://omegataupodcast.net/312-the-wendelstein-7-x-fusion-experiment/ https://omegataupodcast.net/312-the-wendelstein-7-x-fusion-e...
- hn23 7y agoThanks, knew this one already :)
- clouddrover 7y agoAnd MIT's SPARC reactor plans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARC_fusion_reactor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARC_fusion_reactor https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc https://www.psfc.mit.edu/sparc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkpqA8yG9T4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkpqA8yG9T4
- rwmj 7y agoAnd General Fusion still seem to be going: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Fusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Fusion and claiming 2023 as a date for a working demo: https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/05/general-fusion-will-complete-demo-nuclear-fusion-plant-around-2023-c2-montreal.html https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/05/general-fusion-will-co...
- pfdietz 7y agoGF recently redid their concept, because the previous one wouldn't work (magnetic fields were far too high, which would cause liquid metal to vaporize off the plasma facing surfaces, hopelessly contaminating the plasma). The new concept uses slower compression, and has a solid metal conductor down the middle of the chamber. This conductor would experience enormous neutron loading (it cannot be shielded from that by a thick layer of liquid metal) as well as enormous forces from magnetic fields up to 100T. I give this scheme very little chance of being workable.
- Element_ 7y agoCan you share a link to the design changes mentioned?
- wiz21c 7y agoand those : https://lppfusion.com/ https://lppfusion.com/ who make lots of reports and thus, are interesting to follow. However, I've no idea how serious they are...
- DennisP 7y agoThey've gotten papers published in serious journals, and present at fusion conferences. That doesn't mean they're not a long shot but whether or not it works out, they're doing real science.