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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!