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Subject: Re: China reveals fusion tech breakthrough
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:04:27 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 09:34:06 -0700, john larkin wrote:

> On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:04:08 +0200, Jeroen Belleman
> <jeroen@nospam.please> 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!
>>> 
>>> <partial quote from article>
>>>   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.
>>> <end quote>
>>> 
>>> 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!

Grapes are cheaper and work just as well for this kind of demo.