L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUS nuclear-fusion lab enters new era: achieving ‘ignition’ over and overwww.nature.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down15file-text
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minus-square∟⊔⊤∦∣≶@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down2·1 year agoThis news gives me confidence that fusion is now only 9 years away.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-21 year agoFor several decades it’s been 20 years away, and before that 50, so yeah. Progress. (No /s, I think the money is finally in place to make it happen, and that was always the bottleneck.) That said, NIF is for weapons research, not power, but some of the knowledge they gain is probably transferable.
This news gives me confidence that fusion is now only 9 years away.
For several decades it’s been 20 years away, and before that 50, so yeah. Progress.
(No /s, I think the money is finally in place to make it happen, and that was always the bottleneck.)
That said, NIF is for weapons research, not power, but some of the knowledge they gain is probably transferable.