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Meanwhile, reportedly China has already built one and is testing it now. So the USA is 20 years behind?
by spo81rty 6y ago
Meanwhile, reportedly China has already built one and is testing it now. So the USA is 20 years behind?
- hurrdurr2 6y agoThe timing on this announcement sure is interesting considering what you mentioned that china just accomplished.
- ampdepolymerase 6y agoBuilding one is not the same as getting useful power out of it.
- Lammy 6y agoYep, USA will make sure of that if Iran is any indication: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet#Affected_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet#Affected_countries
- 535188B17C93743 6y agoSource?
- sam 6y agoI’m guessing you’re referring to HL-2M which indeed in testing. But that tokamak is not designed to generate electricity but rather to study long pulse durations (~5s) at reactor relevant temperatures.
- jmholla 6y agoAny articles you'd recommend on their work?
- thewileyone 6y agohttps://phys.org/news/2020-12-china-nuclear-powered-artificial-sun.html https://phys.org/news/2020-12-china-nuclear-powered-artifici... I'd say that China will have a fully functioning plant in 3-5 years.