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From: Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please>
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Subject: Re: China reveals fusion tech breakthrough
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2024 17:04:08 +0200
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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