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Agree. There have been no breakthroughs. The projects getting funding are just different enough to be not immediately disprovable and continue to spectacularly

by twarge 4y ago

Agree. There have been no breakthroughs. The projects getting funding are just different enough to be not immediately disprovable and continue to spectacularly overpromise without solving any of the real problems. Chamber embrittlement? Nuclear waste? (activation of the apparatus by the 12 MeV fusion netrons is a lot worse than the 100 keV fission neutron.)

JumpCrisscross 4y ago
> have been no breakthroughs Magnet miniaturisation and CADs like the stellarator [1] refute this. With respect to waste and embrittlement, those are simpler consumables and waste products than fossil fuels and atmospheric emissions. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellarator https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellarator
- hobscoop 4y ago
  Yes. We're currently living through a golden age of stellarator design powered by new algorithms and optimization techniques.
- joak 4y ago
  And what about Helion Energy tech? Pulsed collision of plasmoids (FRC), with direct energy conversion. Deuterium helium3 aneutronic fusion, no neutrons. They've received $500M (lead by Sam Altman) to demo net electricity by 2024.
pfdietz 4y ago
Some of the efforts you hear about actually are immediately disprovable.