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Steam-powered piston system sparks nuclear fusion plasma in Canada

by DocFeind on 3/12/25, 2:39 PM with 8 comments

• by gus_massa on 3/16/25, 2:48 PM

  > A single MTF power plant can supply power to 150,000 homes while being close to energy demand and minimizing transmission losses.

  Note that they didn't buil this. They made some small advancement in that direction, but they are still far away from a working prototype or powering 150000 homes.

• by waldothedog on 3/16/25, 2:12 PM

  Looking for someone with more background here to help me contextualize the significance of this. The linked site quality seems somewhat low and I didn’t quite grok what exactly GF has accomplished here.

• by MortyWaves on 3/16/25, 2:48 PM

  https://archive.ph/OlmNE

  Version without awful ads

• by ForTheKidz on 3/16/25, 2:19 PM

  What does resetting this look like? How do you get lithium to re-solidify as a "wall" in the shape and place desired?