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Re: Feature: The bizarre reactor that might save nuclear fusion

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On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 8:51:01 AM UTC-7, Sam Wormley wrote:
> Feature: The bizarre reactor that might save nuclear fusion
> > http://news.sciencemag.org/physics/2015/10/feature-bizarre-reactor-might-save-nuclear-fusion
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> > Although stellarators are similar in principle to tokamaks, they have
> > long been dark horses in fusion energy research because tokamaks are
> > better at keeping gas trapped and holding on to the heat needed to
> > keep reactions ticking along. But the Dali-esque devices have many
> > attributes that could make them much better prospects for a
> > commercial fusion power plant: Once started, stellarators naturally
> > purr along in a steady state, and they don't spawn the potentially
> > metal-bending magnetic disruptions that plague tokamaks.
> > Unfortunately, they are devilishly hard to build, making them perhaps
> > even more prone to cost overruns and delays than other fusion
> > projects. "No one imagined what it means" to build one, says Thomas
> > Klinger, leader of the German effort.
> >
> > W7-X could mark a turning point. The machine, housed at a branch of
> > the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) that Klinger
> > directs, is awaiting regulatory approval for a startup in November.
> > It is the first large-scale example of a new breed of
> > supercomputer-designed stellarators that have had most of their
> > containment problems computed out. If W7-X matches or beats the
> > performance of a similarly sized tokamak, fusion researchers may have
> > to reassess the future course of their field. "Tokamak people are
> > waiting to see what happens. There's an excitement around the world
> > about W7-X," says engineer David Anderson of the University of
> > Wisconsin (UW), Madison.
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My PFM works Where Tokamak melts down. TreBert

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Feature: The bizarre reactor that might save nuclear fusion Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 10:50 -0500
  Re: Feature: The bizarre reactor that might save nuclear fusion "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-23 10:57 -0700
    Re: Feature: The bizarre reactor that might save nuclear fusion "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-24 13:35 -0700
      Re: Feature: The bizarre reactor that might save nuclear fusion "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-26 13:25 -0700
  Re: Feature: The bizarre reactor that might save nuclear fusion jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com - 2015-10-23 18:17 +0000
  Re: Feature: The bizarre reactor that might save nuclear fusion "reber g=emc^2" <herbertglazier0@gmail.com> - 2015-10-28 15:32 -0700

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