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Check this out, Japan is going their own way instead of this experiment According to researchers at a demonstration reactor in Japan, a fusion generator should
by ck2 13y ago
Check this out, Japan is going their own way instead of this experiment
According to researchers at a demonstration reactor in Japan, a fusion generator should be feasible in the 2030s and no later than the 2050s. Japan is pursuing its own research program with several operational facilities that are exploring several fusion paths.
http://iopscience.iop.org/0029-5515/45/2/004 http://iopscience.iop.org/0029-5515/45/2/004
Also, they are already planning the successor to ITER, a commercial plant called DEMO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMO http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEMO
- marze 13y agoYou can get the date fusion power will become feasible by adding 30 years to the current year. Been holding steady at 30 for quite some time.
- ck2 13y agoWell I get that logic but this time they are putting some serious money where their mouths are. Even the USA/Russians could not come to an agreement to build such a project.
- drjesusphd 13y agoThat's only because, as soon as that claim was made in 1980, the fusion budget was immediately (and thereafter, steadily) cut. "We're only 30 years away? Bah, what's the rush?"
- mng2 13y agoActually, Japan is one of the biggest contributors to ITER. Notably, they are continuing a strong domestic fusion program -- compare this to the U.S., where most of the fusion budget is going to ITER, at the expense of domestic fusion programs (such as Alcator at MIT).
- Ygg2 13y agoGotta fuel those giant mecha suits.