China's 'artificial sun' nuclear fusion reactor sets a new world record after running at 216MILLION°F for 100 seconds - as the nation inches closer to its goal of 'limitless clean power'

The Daily Mail uK ^ | 03 Jun 2021 | Sam Tonkin

[blueplum]

what could possibly go wrong?

[cartan]

They should try cold fusion instead! much easier!

[LukeL]

1. I assume this was doin in a vacuum so the question is how do you extract the energy?

2. How large was this reaction? Usually in this type of experiments we are talking very small amounts, nanograms or less.

[Celtic Conservative]

Riefenstahl and Goebbels would be proud of news like this.

CC

[grey_whiskers]

216 million degrees? F or C?

Either way, not nearly as hot as Melania Trump.

[fireman15]

News from the most trustworthy government in the history of the world! China is going to save us all! Hail our slave masters in China! /s

[Veggie Todd]

And Sleepy 46 stops the drilling.

[Robwin]

So they are saying a nuclear fission reactor will resolve the search for 'limitless clean power'? Not solar or wind? Fancy that.

[Nateman]

It also needs a certain density before you can break even . They might get it to work but practical power from fusion seems to be one of those things that is perpetually always 20 years away.

At least Gravity waves have finally been detected. It used to have the same reputation.

[kaehurowing]

From the folks who brought you Covid.

[alexander_busek]

1. I assume this was doin in a vacuum so the question is how do you extract the energy? 2. How large was this reaction? Usually in this type of experiments we are talking very small amounts, nanograms or less.

The fusion took place in a near vacuum. But to a physicist, vacuums are relative. To a physicist, it isn't important whether the fusion took place at 1 Pascal, or 1 micro-Pascal. To a physicist, it isn't important whether it would - in practical terms - be easy or difficult to actually harvest that energy. He is elated that he succeeded in attaining controlled fusion. That is all that matters to him.

Yes, I suppose that only nanograms of matter were actually fused - though that would still yield / release a considerable amount of energy (which might even - if practically harvestable - be approx. equal to the amount needed to run the set-up, meaning that it would then be self-sustaining).

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

So they are saying a nuclear fission reactor will resolve the search for 'limitless clean power'? Not solar or wind? Fancy that.

The article is about fusion, not fission.

Fusion, like what powers the Sun.

Regards,

[rfp1234]

That’s almost as hot as Algore said the earth is.

[Peter ODonnell]

Oh great, the world’s worst environmental polluter fooling around with technology that creates solar heat on the earth. What could possibly go wrong?

[LeoWindhorse]

Maybe they’ll screw up fry themselves.
100%

[jroehl]

Yes, but can it be used to illuminate a lightbulb? How about 2 lightbulbs?

[grey_whiskers]

Fusion (hydrogen to helium) not fusion (splitting thorium, uranium, or plutonium).

[neverevergiveup]

From the article:

Taylor Wilson found widespread fame when he built his own nuclear reactor aged 14 in 2008.

The machine was capable of smashing atoms in a plasma core at over 500 million degrees Fahrenheit—40 times hotter than the core of the sun—in his parents' garage..

and:

Before the successes of these geniuses was David Hahn, known as the 'Radioactive Boy Scout’.

He built a nuclear reactor in his potting shed and shut down a neighbourhood of 40,000 in 1996..

[Browns Ultra Fan]

Let’s see if they get massive solar flares like the Nic Cage flick “Knowing.”

[Browns Ultra Fan]

Good one. Don’t forget Fauci.