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Neither, it's inertial confinement fusion, which isn't really seen as a way to a successful commercial reactor (at least not that I've heard of) and is more a t
by mlindner 5y ago
Neither, it's inertial confinement fusion, which isn't really seen as a way to a successful commercial reactor (at least not that I've heard of) and is more a tool to study the physics of D-T fusion reaction in a controlled way that's not inside a nuclear bomb. It's a tool for experiments.
- leephillips 5y agoYou may be surprised to know that there are loads of people working in ICF who think they're working on a plan to supply the world with energy, and have detailed and elaborate designs for commercial ICF reactors, including pellet factories, tritium extraction, and everything. With calculations of the final cost per delivered kW-hour. It’s all a fantasy, but it’s a real research activity, funded by the US DOE (mainly through the NNSA).