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For a successful fusion power crash program? This 45-year old analysis [0] says that 15 Bn USD 1978 (63 Bn USD 2021) stands between us and a first gen reactor.
by willis936 5y ago
For a successful fusion power crash program?
This 45-year old analysis [0] says that 15 Bn USD 1978 (63 Bn USD 2021) stands between us and a first gen reactor. Afaict that is still accurate as we have been on the Logic I path since then. How quickly you want to spend that 63 Bn USD dictates what logic (II-V) you're on.
0. https://fire.pppl.gov/us_fusion_plan_1976.pdf https://fire.pppl.gov/us_fusion_plan_1976.pdf