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ITER/DEMO is an exceptionally slow fusion project and arguably obsolete since it uses older superconductors. CFS uses the same design, with modern superconducto
by DennisP 1y ago
ITER/DEMO is an exceptionally slow fusion project and arguably obsolete since it uses older superconductors. CFS uses the same design, with modern superconductors that can support much stronger magnetic fields. Tokamak output scales with the fourth power of magnetic field strength, so this should let them get results similar to ITER in a reactor a tenth the size. They'll have it running long before ITER is ready.
- pfdietz 1y agoITER will have 400x lower power density than a PWR. ARC, which uses those high temperature superconductors, is just 40x lower power density. Neither promises to be competitive with fission, never mind the things beating fission.