Re: China reveals fusion tech breakthrough

On 6/23/24 07:20, Jan Panteltje wrote:

China reveals fusion tech breakthrough:
  https://www.rt.com/news/599707-china-fusion-tech-tokamak-plasma/
   A commercial ‘artificial sun’ has achieved its first plasma discharge,
   the developer says
If you have trouble accessing the link because of censorship by your polly-tick-sisons
revolt!
 
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  According to the developers, as cited by Chinese media,
  the HH70 tokamak is smaller and cheaper to assemble than its predecessors.
  The device uses a magnetic system made from high-temperature superconducting material,
  commonly known as REBCO (Rare Earth Barium Copper Oxide).
 
  It can reportedly be manufactured on a large scale,
  reducing the cost of Energy Singularity’s tokamaks.
  Moreover, the HH70 device, according to the company,
  is only 2% the size of conventional tokamaks  – providing a major advantage
  in the race to produce a commercially viable device.
<end quote>
 
Well that's it for ITER then!
 

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A plasma discharge is a breakthrough? I can do that in
my microwave oven.
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Jeroen Belleman