technical hurdle cleared in fusion research

ethan · 21 May 2006 at 21:29

http://www.physorg.com/news67442282.html

Mic · 21 May 2006 at 21:31

\o/

And i really do mean that.

gord · 21 May 2006 at 21:34

Sounds like 1 down 3 to go though..

TriedandTested · 21 May 2006 at 21:38

gord said:
Sounds like 1 down 3 to go though..

A good way to start i'd say

And a picture of a Tokamak..

..used to control the plasma. :cool:

Greenlizard0 · 21 May 2006 at 21:38

Fair, I thought that most of these problems had been ironed out already? That they had already started to build this plant. I guess not... :confused:

Mic · 21 May 2006 at 21:40

greenlizard0 said:
Fair, I thought that most of these problems had been ironed out already? That they had already started to build this plant. I guess not...

Thats nuclear fission i guess :confused:

gord · 21 May 2006 at 21:41

Tried&Tested said:
A good way to start i'd say

And a picture of a Tokamak..

..used to control the plasma.

They dont half look friggin awesome dont they.

philio16 · 21 May 2006 at 21:46

About time too

PikeyPriest · 21 May 2006 at 22:26

A huge jolt of heat, of nearly 100 million C (180 million F), is needed to kickstart the process, which then has to be sustained by tiny amounts of fuel pellets.

Arcade Fire · 21 May 2006 at 22:26

Mic said:
Thats nuclear fission i guess

Dude, I think that we've already mastered nuclear fission! About fifty years ago.

Does anyone else think that the idea for controlling the plasma eddies sounds INCREDIBLY like the way fish streamline themselves? Small, random bumps on the outside of their scales which don't protrude past the boundary layer of the fluid moving past them, which prevent vortices (eddies) forming which would slow the fish down?

Perhaps I'm taking the analogy too far...

SiriusB · 21 May 2006 at 22:29

Plasma Fish :cool:

Give the guys at ITER a ring - maybe they haven't considered them?

SiriusB

Mic · 21 May 2006 at 22:37

OMG THEY ARE GOING FOR THE CORE!! STOP THEM!! LOLZ

ClearChaos · 21 May 2006 at 23:39

Mic said:
OMG THEY ARE GOING FOR THE CORE!! STOP THEM!! LOLZ

ROFL

Arcade Fire · 22 May 2006 at 00:03

omgdonut!

Caged · 22 May 2006 at 00:45

This means I'm getting a plasma rifle soon, right?

Amp34 · 22 May 2006 at 00:55

If they eventually get it working it should be excellent. Wont they be using a lot of energy extracting the hydrogen from water though? But then i suppose its like extracting and sorting out uranium?

greenlizard0 said:
Fair, I thought that most of these problems had been ironed out already? That they had already started to build this plant. I guess not...

At least you didnt say ioned out.

Gets coat...

Velocity219e · 22 May 2006 at 01:17

Caged said:
This means I'm getting a plasma rifle soon, right?

Form an orderly line behind me, oh and don't worry while I take aim with MY plasma rifle ...

I wonder if it will ever be legal for americans (for example) to have ultra high tech weapons ...

Selekt0r · 22 May 2006 at 06:54

Velocity219e said:
I wonder if it will ever be legal for americans (for example) to have ultra high tech weapons ...

No doubt it will be one of their constitutional rights... :rolleyes:

leaskovski · 22 May 2006 at 09:02

Deuterium is present in seawater, which makes it a virtually limitless resource. Tritium would be derived from irradiating the plentiful element lithium in the fusion vessel.

Heh, where have we heard this one before then? :rolleyes:

Jono · 22 May 2006 at 09:07

A huge jolt of heat, of nearly 100 million C (180 million F), is needed to kickstart the process, which then has to be sustained by tiny amounts of fuel pellets.

What's that hot?