Comment on UK fusion reactor dream gets another £2.5 billion from gov't
nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 days agoCold fusion is a different and entirely mythical idea.
And I agree, I meant that I’ve heard both hot and cold fusion predicted.
Comment on UK fusion reactor dream gets another £2.5 billion from gov't
nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 2 days agoCold fusion is a different and entirely mythical idea.
And I agree, I meant that I’ve heard both hot and cold fusion predicted.
HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 2 days ago
No you did not. Cold fusion has never been predicted by anyone sane. There was a hoax at a uni in Oxford in the early 90s. That was very quickly discovered to be avchilish student hoax.
Cold fusion is considered to be impossible. Come on dude fusion is the very reason stars are hot.
Hot fusion has been achieved. For the first time as self sustaining in 2022. But at a scale that is not profitable. IE takes huge energy to get the initial heat while only generating 1% of that energy after the heating is supported by the fusion itself. Due to the size of the resulting star(contained fusion result).
This project has designed a full scale plant to hold a much larger star using the same STEP design. This mathematically is predicted to be able to feed it’s own growth after creation. Untill it is then contained( by complex magnetic fields),in a 100mw steem generating plant. Once it is created the huge lasers needed to initiate the heat are turned off. And the size of the plant allows the process to grow.
Will it work. Likely but it is also. Just like early fission power plants likely to take time to perfect.