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On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:04:27 -0000 (UTC), Cursitor Doom
<cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:

>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.

The neon indicates faster. I wanted to see how fast the magnetron
turns on.