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Nuclear fusion breakthrough: "Holy grail" is closer to reality
Daily Mail (via MSN.com) ^
| 01 June 2023
| Jonathan Chadwick
Posted on 06/01/2023 10:29:42 AM PDT by zeestephen
A British team has reported hitting a major milestone...heating a nuclear reactor to the "magic figure" of 100 million degrees Celsius...The British company achieved the milestone using a "spherical tokamak" called ST40...Due to its design, the ST40 is "compact" – less than three feet across – and reaches around 13 feet in height.
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: fakenews; fusion; pieinthesky; st40; tokamak; unitedkingdom
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Only 10 more years!
To: zeestephen
We’ll have flying cars first.
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:32:22 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████. FJB.)
To: zeestephen
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:33:17 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: zeestephen
That’s what they said last time
4
posted on
06/01/2023 10:34:08 AM PDT
by
NWFree
(Sigma male 🤪)
To: zeestephen
In other news, a cure for cancer is “just around the corner”.
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:35:49 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: zeestephen
Which is going to happen first, commercial nuclear fusion or the death of Mother Gaia from climate change?
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:36:18 AM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
("How did you go bankrupt?s" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
To: Jeff Chandler
Fusion is the future, and always will be.
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:36:40 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: zeestephen
“...heating a nuclear reactor to the “magic figure” of 100 million degrees Celsius.”
I did not read the article. These high temps are nothing new, when attained in fractions of seconds. Still, a long way to go. Might be good for lighting a cigar.
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:37:30 AM PDT
by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: zeestephen
I’m hoping that they create a black hole that swallows the damn planet.
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:37:32 AM PDT
by
GingisK
To: zeestephen
Only 10 more years! But it's closer to reality, so only 7 more years!
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:38:11 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
To: zeestephen
The left will shut it down if it threatens their energy rationing plans.
11
posted on
06/01/2023 10:40:11 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: dfwgator; Rennes Templar
A British team has reported hitting a major milestone... Crazy drunk drivers.
Zero Milestone
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:40:16 AM PDT
by
Ezekiel
(🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:41:59 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: SgtHooper
“I did not read the article.”
I did read the article.
To: zeestephen
and to explain it all is our new cold fusion czar, Kamala Harris
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:45:00 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
To: teeman8r
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:45:49 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: zeestephen
This again?
Free beer next week (Bud Light)
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posted on
06/01/2023 10:51:13 AM PDT
by
blackdog
((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
To: GingisK
“I’m hoping that they create a black hole that swallows the damn planet.”
I’m not hoping for that.
To: zeestephen
Cool stuff. Probably take another 50 years or so but what an amazing power source some day.
To: zeestephen
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posted on
06/01/2023 11:01:52 AM PDT
by
sauropod
(“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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