I agree. The hefty price tag seems smaller when considering the development and design of ITER began during the cold war. The literal size is definitely big even without context, which is why it has the nickname:…
You are correct that at JET there is no tech installed to absorb the neutrons, nor will there ever be in JET, since (as pointed out above) it is a _research_ device. Current fusion devices are not nor were they ever…
Thanks for pointing that out. What would be your suggestion/alternatives?
59 megajoules of sustained energy ^over the course of a few seconds^. Ideally this energy output would be sustained for days within ITER. JET is not designed to do this, as it has a copper magnet system, which means if…
I wouldn't say the (recent) past was grim, but rather that the technology to build an _affordable_ commercial device had not yet been developed yet. We designed and built ITER at such a large size and cost (€20 billion)…
To those interested in discussion outside of HN, there is a discord community [0] with professional, academic, and hobby fusion afficionados. [0] https://discord.gg/Rcum9zkBtg
I agree. The hefty price tag seems smaller when considering the development and design of ITER began during the cold war. The literal size is definitely big even without context, which is why it has the nickname:…
You are correct that at JET there is no tech installed to absorb the neutrons, nor will there ever be in JET, since (as pointed out above) it is a _research_ device. Current fusion devices are not nor were they ever…
Thanks for pointing that out. What would be your suggestion/alternatives?
59 megajoules of sustained energy ^over the course of a few seconds^. Ideally this energy output would be sustained for days within ITER. JET is not designed to do this, as it has a copper magnet system, which means if…
I wouldn't say the (recent) past was grim, but rather that the technology to build an _affordable_ commercial device had not yet been developed yet. We designed and built ITER at such a large size and cost (€20 billion)…
To those interested in discussion outside of HN, there is a discord community [0] with professional, academic, and hobby fusion afficionados. [0] https://discord.gg/Rcum9zkBtg