Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 16:34:05 +0000 From: john larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: China reveals fusion tech breakthrough Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 09:34:06 -0700 Message-ID: References: User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 34 X-Trace: sv3-26CZcSKbhb5P/xePZv8I2KQHmmELxagnNLBvLoWNgYEAKL+TWLTl8gfshNmNC/iZS0q6+6gl6ndD729!91KoJ/PuMSGjf8Vrh/MLGAxKPBREhLb06a4u5+OJaRxbOm8hk6tbRdPUpGKGuiI5WmX9G7t4ji4j!BOnXGA== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2371 On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:04:08 +0200, Jeroen Belleman wrote: >On 6/23/24 07:20, Jan Panteltje wrote: >> China reveals fusion tech breakthrough: >> https://www.rt.com/news/599707-china-fusion-tech-tokamak-plasma/ >> A commercial ‘artificial sun’ has achieved its first plasma discharge, >> the developer says >> If you have trouble accessing the link because of censorship by your polly-tick-sisons >> revolt! >> >> >> According to the developers, as cited by Chinese media, >> the HH70 tokamak is smaller and cheaper to assemble than its predecessors. >> The device uses a magnetic system made from high-temperature superconducting material, >> commonly known as REBCO (Rare Earth Barium Copper Oxide). >> >> It can reportedly be manufactured on a large scale, >> reducing the cost of Energy Singularity’s tokamaks. >> Moreover, the HH70 device, according to the company, >> is only 2% the size of conventional tokamaks – providing a major advantage >> in the race to produce a commercially viable device. >> >> >> Well that's it for ITER then! >> > >A plasma discharge is a breakthrough? I can do that in >my microwave oven. > >Jeroen Belleman Stick an NE-2 neon bulb in the microwave!