JET's final nuclear fusion experiment produced a record-breaking 69 megajoules of heat. Nice.

Clean energy could be ‘closer than ever’ after a nuclear fusion machine smashed a record::JET’s final nuclear fusion experiment produced a record-breaking 69 megajoules of heat. Nice.

  • RubberElectrons@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    There are several other topologies with promise. But even a tokamak can use its first wall latent heat to turn the archaic steam turbine.

    While I also have low expectations for plasma density in tokamaks, they’re able to keep plasma at fusion temperatures for minutes at a time.