There was a thread discussing electricity stability? Something like that.
It that topic I think there was mention of fusion power plants. They have always been decades away but now it seems that a commercial fusion power station is going to be definitely built in 2054:
It's called the 'DEMOnstration power plant (DEMO)' and is 'backed by a Europe-wide consortium, EuroFusion'. It is likely to be a '300 to 500 megawatt reactor' but not the only one. 'Several private fusion start-ups have claimed they will have one operating by the early 2030s, while the UK government has said its STEP fusion power plant will be running by 2040. China has said it will have one complete in 2035.'
-- Edited by Buzz Lightbulb on Saturday 9th of July 2022 04:38:38 PM
Plain Truth said
07:57 PM Jul 9, 2022
Show us the thread
dorian said
05:53 AM Jul 10, 2022
The running joke amongst the nuclear fusion fraternity is that fusion is always only 30 years away.
Mike Harding said
03:32 PM Jul 10, 2022
I did some work on JET back the late 1980s iirc, got to stick my head in the tokamak a few times; living in Australia I do miss projects like that.
There was a thread discussing electricity stability? Something like that.
It that topic I think there was mention of fusion power plants. They have always been decades away but now it seems that a commercial fusion power station is going to be definitely built in 2054:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2327239-design-work-starts-on-european-commercial-fusion-power-station/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=currents
It's called the 'DEMOnstration power plant (DEMO)' and is 'backed by a Europe-wide consortium, EuroFusion'. It is likely to be a '300 to 500 megawatt reactor' but not the only one. 'Several private fusion start-ups have claimed they will have one operating by the early 2030s, while the UK government has said its STEP fusion power plant will be running by 2040. China has said it will have one complete in 2035.'
-- Edited by Buzz Lightbulb on Saturday 9th of July 2022 04:38:38 PM
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I did some work on JET back the late 1980s iirc, got to stick my head in the tokamak a few times; living in Australia I do miss projects like that.
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We will achieve sustainable fusion I have no doubt but it is kind of hard trying to contain the sun in a magnetic bubble :)