• theotherone
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    1010 months ago

    Tokamak is Russian for magnetic bottle and is one method being explored for thermonuclear fusion containment.

    • Philo
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      -3710 months ago

      And that is a perfect example of a containment system with insurmountable problems.

      • @Feathercrown
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        510 months ago

        I’ll bite. What problems are insurmountable?

        • Philo
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          -1210 months ago

          Containment. How many times do i have to say that?

          • @Feathercrown
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            510 months ago

            I read the whole thread and didn’t see you mention it. Anyways, there were some promising improvements on that a while ago with new shapes for the plasma to hold that are easier to contain. That’s also only an issue for reactors that use sustained plasma instead of short-fire bursts.