▲ 1338 ▼ France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes (newatlas.com) submitted 2 years ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world 246 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (4 children) Flexing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 years ago (3 children) Flexing is not good for the containment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) No, but some guy proved that we could use that to our advantage. If you don't use the magnetic constrictors to compensate for the heat from the fusion expanding the vessel, you can have it enter fusion and leave fusion several times a second. Wrap the thing in copper wire coils, and you have now got your vessel in a state of flux, and producing enough power to blackout your local grid, and get lots of fines from the feds in less than 5 seconds of runtime. He obviously didn't continue working on that particular method of generating power with a Tokomak permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can you link to something so I can read more about this please? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Wish I could. Only reason I know about it, is that it was mentioned briefly in the Navy Nuclear Power Program training materials. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 years ago (3 children) Flexing is not good for the containment permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) No, but some guy proved that we could use that to our advantage. If you don't use the magnetic constrictors to compensate for the heat from the fusion expanding the vessel, you can have it enter fusion and leave fusion several times a second. Wrap the thing in copper wire coils, and you have now got your vessel in a state of flux, and producing enough power to blackout your local grid, and get lots of fines from the feds in less than 5 seconds of runtime. He obviously didn't continue working on that particular method of generating power with a Tokomak permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can you link to something so I can read more about this please? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Wish I could. Only reason I know about it, is that it was mentioned briefly in the Navy Nuclear Power Program training materials. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children) No, but some guy proved that we could use that to our advantage. If you don't use the magnetic constrictors to compensate for the heat from the fusion expanding the vessel, you can have it enter fusion and leave fusion several times a second. Wrap the thing in copper wire coils, and you have now got your vessel in a state of flux, and producing enough power to blackout your local grid, and get lots of fines from the feds in less than 5 seconds of runtime. He obviously didn't continue working on that particular method of generating power with a Tokomak permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can you link to something so I can read more about this please? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Wish I could. Only reason I know about it, is that it was mentioned briefly in the Navy Nuclear Power Program training materials. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Can you link to something so I can read more about this please? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Wish I could. Only reason I know about it, is that it was mentioned briefly in the Navy Nuclear Power Program training materials. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Wish I could. Only reason I know about it, is that it was mentioned briefly in the Navy Nuclear Power Program training materials. permalink fedilink source parent