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Nuclear fusion is a big project. You're not going to see it with startups. ITER is joint effort from half the world governments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
by weberer 3y ago
Nuclear fusion is a big project. You're not going to see it with startups. ITER is joint effort from half the world governments.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITER
- pfdietz 3y agoThe large size of ITER is a serious defect, not something to justify government involvement. "At $5B ITER is a good idea. At $25B+ ITER is a bad idea. The huge cost increases from ITER’s initial to present value are leading to a savaging of the base fusion program which puts the US on the fast track to disaster for the future of fusion research. More important, even if ITER works as expected, but does indeed cost $25B, this is essentially a proof of principle that tokamak fusion will never be an economical source of electricity." -- Jeff Freidberg, KEPCO Professor Emeritus, MIT, Nuclear Science and Engineering