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A physics prof of mine used to say "fusion power is twenty years away, and always has been." This article doesn't seem to do much to change that perception, ca
by jessedhillon 15y ago
A physics prof of mine used to say "fusion power is twenty years away, and always has been."
This article doesn't seem to do much to change that perception, can anyone else shed light on the current likelihood of a sustained, surplus-generating reaction?
- arethuza 15y ago"The ITER fusion reactor itself has been designed to produce 500 megawatts of output power for 50 megawatts of input power, or ten times the amount of energy put in." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER However, this isn't for a sustained period of time - "up to 1,000 seconds". The follow on DEMO plant would aim to produce 2000MW continuously: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMO
- gaius 15y agoFusion is always 1 year further away than the speaker's retirement date.