by sudohalt on 10/25/24, 6:05 PM with 9 comments
by neonate on 10/25/24, 6:34 PM
by PeterCorless on 10/25/24, 6:31 PM
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-pacific-fusion-eric-la...
by photochemsyn on 10/25/24, 6:56 PM
> "The problems faced by MCF systems involving reactor structures made radioactive and physically weakened by neutron bombardment can be almost eliminated in ICF systems where the fusion fuel capsule must be enclosed in a one-meter-thick flowing liquid metal sphere or cylinder to accommodate the gigajoule-level impulse loading.34 This containment approach can take the form of liquid falls comprising jets of molten metal.35 The incoming fusion neutrons sustain the temperature of the circulating liquid metal, whose heat would be extracted to drive a turbine. Relatively few neutrons would strike the solid outer chamber."
https://inference-review.com/article/the-quest-for-fusion-en...
Here's the original 2021 laser-ignition experiments:
https://www.llnl.gov/article/48866/three-peer-reviewed-paper...
I doubt we'll see any fusion-based power plants in the next 50 years, but who knows? Certainly there are worse things to do with a billion dollars.