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One of the biggest challenges is that the fusion reaction can't be fully contained. There are particles without electric charge that simply go through your magn
by throwaway44023 3y ago
One of the biggest challenges is that the fusion reaction can't be fully contained. There are particles without electric charge that simply go through your magnetic containment field and smash into the reactor wall, continuously destroying it. You don't really care about preserving the shell of your bomb. You care about preserving the shell of your reactor.
- wolverine876 3y agoHow do fusion researchers handle that problem?
- Arrath 3y agoReplacement parts! That may sound flippant but yeah, replace the components/structural members subject to neutron flux before they get too compromised, basically. This is yet another reason that fusion research is expensive and time consuming, the cost involved in manufacturing these components and time lost in painstaking teardowns and overhauls between test runs.