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To: Dallas59
From the article:"The Compact Fusion reactor makes use of a magnetic bottle created by superconducting magnets to contain the temperatures that can reach hundreds of millions of degrees. This magnetic bottle can then release some of the heat so that it can be used for power generation."

So what happens if one of the superconducting magnets breaks down and you have hundreds of millions of degrees of plasma bouncing around uncontained?
Does it quench out real quick and the reaction stops or go boom?.............Just asking.

9 posted on 03/05/2015 8:23:52 PM PST by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: The Cajun
Does it quench out real quick and the reaction stop

Yes.

15 posted on 03/05/2015 8:39:11 PM PST by FredZarguna (Every time you type "LOL" the entire Internet knows you're a dumbass.)
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To: The Cajun
"Does it quench out real quick and the reaction stops or go boom?.............Just asking."

It does NOT quench out real quick. It quenches out really, really, really, really quick.

47 posted on 03/06/2015 6:14:30 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
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