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Fusion Power Experiment in The UK Smashes Its Old Record in Major Step Forward
https://www.sciencealert.com ^
| 9 FEBRUARY 2022
| MIKE MCRAE
Posted on 02/09/2022 7:46:36 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Wonder Warthog; Kevmo
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posted on
02/09/2022 7:47:01 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Late last century, the Joint European Torus (JET) near Oxford, UK, churned out 22 megajoules of energy in what was, at the time, a record in fusion power. Is that more than 1.21 Gigawatts?
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posted on
02/09/2022 7:48:17 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
02/09/2022 7:51:55 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
I’d love to see the accident manual for this baby.
“In case of uncontrolled release...”
Back in the day, when the Emergency Broadcast System announcement read “If this had been an actual emergency...”
I would point out that if this WAS an actual emergency, I would likely at that moment be driving rapidly away from the station.
To: Not_Who_U_Think
The thing about fusion is it stops....................
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posted on
02/09/2022 7:58:08 AM PST
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Curious to know how much energy was used in getting to that output. More than the output I assume.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
02/09/2022 8:01:59 AM PST
by
Wonder Warthog
(Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
To: Red Badger
What elements are created after the fusion of Hydrogen, Duterium, or Tritium?
Will this be a new nuke waste stream?
I don’t know. Physics classes were a few decades ago.
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posted on
02/09/2022 8:03:39 AM PST
by
sonova
(That's what I always say sometimes.)
To: sonova
What elements are created after the fusion of Hydrogen, Duterium, or Tritium? Helium, so we'll have plenty for our balloons..............
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posted on
02/09/2022 8:05:02 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: dfwgator
The megajoules unit number 3,600,000.00 MJ converts to 1 GWh, one gigawatt hour.
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posted on
02/09/2022 8:06:30 AM PST
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: dfwgator
As near as I can figure, they have produced enough watts to light a 100 watt light bulb for 163 hours.
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posted on
02/09/2022 8:06:31 AM PST
by
1raider1
To: Red Badger
Who the heck designs a thing like that and where did they get the plans?
To: dfwgator
No. It is 22 megawatts for 1 second.
A joule is one watt for one second.
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posted on
02/09/2022 8:08:41 AM PST
by
Little Ray
(Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
To: dfwgator
I think you mean jigawatts. And yes, we’re going to need this kind of power for our flying cars. 🤣
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posted on
02/09/2022 8:09:34 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
To: dfwgator
It depends on how long it took to do it.
A joule is a watt for one second. If they got the whole 22 megajoules in under 18 milliseconds, the answer is “yes”.
To: Not_Who_U_Think
Back in the day, when the Emergency Broadcast System announcement read “If this had been an actual emergency...” In other news... staffing shortages due to persons refusing to be vaccinated after a mandate may have resulted in a minor glitch at the Joint European Torus (JET) near Oxford, UK. No one from the facility was available for comment, but a bright flash loud boom and strange weather phenomena that could be seen from many miles away was noted by those in surrounding areas. Experts are currently weighing in on this new form of lightning's relationship to global warming.
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02/09/2022 8:11:29 AM PST
by
fireman15
(Irritating people are the grit from which we fashion our pearl. I provide the grit. You're Welcome.)
To: Hot Tabasco
Tokamaks have been around for a few decades, the Soviets made a couple...............
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posted on
02/09/2022 8:13:11 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
What elements are created after the fusion of Hydrogen, Duterium, or Tritium?
Helium, so we’ll have plenty for our balloons..............
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Sounds like there will be some leftover neutrons or something.
Is matter converted to energy as in fission?
I am not nocking any of this as I think it’s great.
I am trying to understand it further.
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posted on
02/09/2022 8:14:00 AM PST
by
sonova
(That's what I always say sometimes.)
To: Hot Tabasco
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02/09/2022 8:14:08 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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