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> Take a look,at the footprint of ITER Or any other power plant for that matter. "If it sounds too good to be true..."
by drjesusphd 12y ago
> Take a look,at the footprint of ITER
Or any other power plant for that matter.
"If it sounds too good to be true..."
- regularfry 12y agoThe area energy density of ITER is particularly low. The whole plant is only designed to produce 500MW, on a concrete platform 1000mx400m. Compare that to this: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Barking+Power+Station,+Barking,+Greater+London+IG11+0GH/@51.5213895,0.1148288,546m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x47d8a5f3748dd567:0x950349063e836eef https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Barking+Power+Station,+B... google.co.uk That's a 20 year old 1GW combined cycle gas plant, in a building roughly 50mx150m. Anything they can do to bring fusion plants smaller than ITER is going to help.