The UK ST40 Tokamak Fusion reactor has after being turned on for the first time, successfully generated plasma.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-uk-has-just-switch-on-its-tokamak-nuclear-fusion-reactor
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-uk-has-just-switch-on-its-tokamak-nuclear-fusion-reactor
I couldn’t help reading “100 million degrees Celsius” with Dr.Evils voice.
Yeah – the biggest challenge is handling all that heat.
for sure, that is indeed ridiculously hot..
Hope their backup generators have multiple backups…
James Taylor Why? If the reactor doesn’t receive fuel, it simply stops.
I assume the magnetic field must be powered before the process starts?
They’re going to get beaten to the punch by Lockheed Martin.
bbc.com – ‘Skunk power’ creates confusion over nuclear fusion – BBC News
Joseph Mitzen That article is three years old. Is there any recent news from them?
The temperature is high, but the available heat is low because the plasma is very very sparse. Pull the plug on it and it’ll fizzle without much issue.
Asbjørn Heid – Although the available heat is low – it is supposed to be maintained and not fizzle – so leading away all that thermal energy will be a challenge.
Lars Fosdal Sure. My point was just that the reactor is safe in the case of power loss to the containment sustem.
Yeah – That is true.
Lars Fosdal Only their own website:
lockheedmartin.com – Compact Fusion
We’re about two years away from when they said they’d have a prototype.