UK's nuclear fusion site ends... after 40 years

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UK's nuclear fusion site ends... after 40 years

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So sad:

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67101176

Even sadder, the article doesn't dare mention how much was spent on this DOA monolith over those 40 years

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Re: UK's nuclear fusion site ends... after 40 years

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Oh my! Jet just made a big announcement last year that they achieved 75% to breakeven. Fabulous,...Not! Sabine Hossenfelder gave it the lie and did the math and that was Q plasma. Q total was more like 20%. When will they ever learn. Tokamaks are dead many times over.

JET will jet off into the fabled history of abject failure in controlled fusion. We learned a lot and learned nothing from JET. We mostly learned that billions can be spent on big fusion over many years to remain stuck in the mud where fusion energy is concerned.

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