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You're trying to contain something at ~100 million degrees when the result of that process is destroying the container. It's not an exaggeration to say the engi
by jmyeet 3y ago
You're trying to contain something at ~100 million degrees when the result of that process is destroying the container. It's not an exaggeration to say the engineering challenges are... significant.
- willis936 3y agoIndeed it is and the details matter. That's why I wanted to set the record straight.
- mpweiher 3y agoYep. It's hard. That's why stellarators are so amazing: they can do it.
- DennisP 3y agoThe temperature is high but the amount of heat isn't unusual. The atoms are moving fast but there aren't many of them. For a 500MW plant you're containing about the same amount of energy whether it's fusion or coal.