Fusion reactors: Not what they’re cracked up to be?

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FYI: 'World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France.
Project aims to show clean fusion power can be generated at commercial scale.'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/28/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-project-under-assembly-in-france.

Good Luck!

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FYI: 'World’s largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly in France.
Project aims to show clean fusion power can be generated at commercial scale.'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/28/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-project-under-assembly-in-france.

Good Luck!

FYI: "NYT report fuels hope that a massive new source of green energy could be on the horizon."

https://www.alternet.org/2020/09/an-ambitious-fusion-energy-project-is-on-the-way-although-some-scientists-believe-the-timetable-may-be-unrealistic-report-2647859598/.

Go Fusion!

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FYI: "Fusion Experiment in UK Produces ‘First Plasma’: New Achievement",

https://www.techquila.co.in/fusion-experiment-pasma-uk/.

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FYI: "Korean artificial sun sets the new world record of 20-sec-long operation at 100 million degrees."

https://phys.org/news/2020-12-korean-artificial-sun-world-sec-long.html.

Go fusion!

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FYI: "Bill Gates And Jeff Bezos Back Startup For Unlimited Clean Energy Via Nuclear Fusion."

https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/bill-gates-and-jeff-bezos-back-startup-for-unlimited-clean-energy-via-nuclear-fusion-534729.html.

Go Fusion!

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FYI: "National Academies calls for a fusion pilot plant."

https://thebulletin.org/2021/04/national-academies-calls-for-a-fusion-pilot-plant/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=ThursdayNewsletter04152021&utm_content=NuclearRisk_FusionPilot_04142021.

Go Fusion!

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It really makes me nervous to see "Fusion Reactor" and "cracked" in the same sentence!

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FYI: 'Hot stuff: Lab hits milestone on long road to fusion power',

https://apnews.com/article/science-fusion-energy-lawrence-livermore-a3c1ecbb738640b0a2e384dc80b8dd07.

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Hydrogen fusion without the aid of gravity is not practical. Why?

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Hydrogen fusion without the aid of gravity is not practical. Why?

Gravity or spacetime can generate very efficient containment fields for mass to energy conversions...

Our sun is an excellent example. Go figure!

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Hydrogen fusion without the aid of gravity is not practical. Why?

Gravity or spacetime can generate very efficient containment fields for mass to energy conversions...

Our sun is an excellent example. Go figure!

So far, fusion experiments to supplant gravity with EM containment fields have failed.

Artificial hydrogen fusion is stalling in its infancy, and may never work.

But there be should theory to decide matters. Right?

The funding and effort could otherwise be directed to more viable scientific goals/projects. Right?

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... But there should be theory to decide matters...

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... But there should be theory to decide matters... Right?

We hope artificial hydrogen fusion can work...

But we have some serious doubts too.

Good luck!

[Guest]

... But there should be theory to decide matters... Right?

We hope artificial hydrogen fusion can work...

But we have some serious doubts too.

Good luck!

Hypothesis: We claim that EM (electromagnetic) containment fields are not adequate nor robust enough to hold the extremely hot plasma for sustained nuclear hydrogen fusion reactions to occur. Thus, the almost limitless supply of safe energy/power from artificial nuclear hydrogen fusion is not viable at the current level of understanding and technology.

There should be physical theory to support or refute our hypothesis.

Who knows?

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FYI: 'Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion', by Prof. Kenro Miyamoto is recommended reading.

[Guest]

... But there should be theory to decide matters... Right?

We hope artificial hydrogen fusion can work...

But we have some serious doubts too.

Good luck!

Hypothesis: We claim that EM (electromagnetic) containment fields are not adequate nor robust enough to hold the extremely hot plasma for sustained nuclear hydrogen fusion reactions to occur. Thus, the almost limitless supply of safe energy/power from artificial nuclear hydrogen fusion is not viable at the current level of understanding and technology.

There should be physical theory to support or refute our hypothesis.

Who knows?

FYI: Latest success from Google’s AI group: Controlling a fusion reactor... The AI was trained on a simulator to shape the plasma held within a tokamak.

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FYI: Nuclear fusion energy inching closer to reality (or never, who knows?)
Various projects and initiatives are producing positive results that point towards a fusion energy future.

We hope nuclear fusion energy becomes a reality in our lifetimes. But until then, serious doubts about it remain. Thus far, the nuclear fusion energy/power project is more about an increasingly expensive, hyped, and unsuccessful experiment than reality.

Is viable, safe, and abundant nuclear fusion energy/power a pipedream?

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"We promise you the world. But can we deliver? Moreover, we will believe in viable, safe, and abundant artificial nuclear fusion energy/power when it happens. Good luck!"

FYI: Why the promise of nuclear fusion is no longer a pipe dream?