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..using the laser approach. Other approaches don't have that issue: https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tokamaks-stellarators-laser-based-and-alternative-conc
by 1970-01-01 3y ago
..using the laser approach. Other approaches don't have that issue:
https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tokamaks-stellarators-laser-based-and-alternative-concepts-report-offers-global-perspective-on-nuclear-fusion-devices https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tokamaks-stellarators-l...
- rob74 3y agoI guess that's why they're using "Momentary Fusion" in the title? Of course, it wouldn't have hurt to mention in the article that other approaches which might be more feasible also exist...
- zug_zug 3y agoWell those of us who have never heard of "momentary fusion" read the title to mean "momentary breakthroughs in fusion"
- Manabu-eo 3y agoI never heard the term "Momentary Fusion". There are other pulsed fusion methods, like Dense Plasma Focus[1] with it's very hot but very short lived plasmoids. Also still far from being economically viable, but I would say has a much better chance than that weapon research on NIF[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus [2] https://spectrum.ieee.org/startup-lppfusion-embraces-instability https://spectrum.ieee.org/startup-lppfusion-embraces-instabi...
- dukoid 3y agoMy bets are on Wendelstein 7-X / Stellarators