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I know that I should be skeptical of all fusion claims, so I'm not asking anyone to predict if this actually WILL happen from Helion, but this machine claims to
by epaulson 4y ago
I know that I should be skeptical of all fusion claims, so I'm not asking anyone to predict if this actually WILL happen from Helion, but this machine claims to be smaller than other designs. Does anyone know how small this approach to fusion could scale down? Is it conceivable that it could deployed as the power source for an ocean-going ship, or could it be small enough that it could be part of a campus-scale microgrid?
- lacker 4y agoThat is conceivable, if it works as intended. Small enough to fit in a shipping container is small enough to put on a ship or on a campus. Of course, that's a big "if", and I don't have much to go on besides material that Helion itself puts out.
- DennisP 4y agoIt's also about the right power output. Largest diesel engines on ships put out about 40MW of power.