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Japan sets new nuclear fusion record (bigthink.com)
submitted 10 months ago by Salamendacious to c/science
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A massive nuclear fusion experiment just hit a major milestone, potentially putting us a little closer to a future of limitless clean energy.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I remember about 15 years ago I did a school report on fusion power. I remember there was another model than the tokamak that was more complex to set up but had other advantages going for it. Think it was called the stellaradiator or something. Has it been a developmental dead end?

[–] A_A 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Ah yeah that’s the one. Thanks

[–] RubberElectrons 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

has it been a developmental dead end?

Nope, there are several companies & universities working on it.

W7x is the latest stellarator to come online, but there's a new Princeton University startup called Thea doing all the complex geometry and control problems of a stellarator in software.

It's a neat and elegant idea, engineering-wise. And no matter whose strategy works out, we all win in terms of understanding plasma physics, and possibly unlocking the secrets of the universe.