New research suggests that future fusion reactors could emit neutrons that generate dark‑sector particles like axions via bremsstrahlung in high‑energy collisions. If true, our quest for clean energy might also open a portal to physics beyond the Standard Model. Read more about this intriguing crossover of fusion and particle physics. #FusionReactor #DarkSector #NeutronEmission #Axion
🔗 https://aidailypost.com/news/fusion-reactors-could-produce-darksector-particles-via-neutron
A company says it could turn mercury into gold using nuclear fusion. Can we take this claim seriously?
#NuclearFusion #Gold #Mercury #GoldAlchemy #MarathonFusion #Physics #ElementTransformation #FusionEnergy #CleanEnergy #ParticlePhysics #FusionReactor
https://the-14.com/a-company-says-it-could-turn-mercury-into-gold-using-nuclear-fusion-can-we-take-this-claim-seriously/
😀 And we in 🇪🇺 #Europe 🇪🇺 like this:
EVERY FUCKING WIND TURBINE AND SOLAR PANEL SAYS:
FUCK YOU, #TRUMP!
FUCK YOU, #PUTIN!
FUCK YOU, OIL #SHEIKHS!
And we love that.
#WindEnergy #SolarEnergy #FusionReactor #FreeEnergy #BalconyPowerPlant #fcktrump #fckputin #thegreens
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:fv6lxweasbl4ago725iuyec5/post/3lkqnlynsck2b
Hyundai Engineering & Construction and Seoul National University collaborate to develop superconducting fusion reactor technology, aiming to advance fusion power generation and create substantial value in the energy sector.
#YonhapInfomax #HyundaiEngineeringConstruction #SeoulNationalUniversity #FusionReactor #Superconductivity #EnergyTechnology #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=58709
A #FusionReactor pilot will demonstrate the feasibility of its technology in 📆 2027 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/climate/commonwealth-fusion-power-plant.html
the desire to tech-fix structural problems is so depressing.
I get it. Scientists are nerds, and if you have the luck that your field of research receives billions of funding, who are you to say no?
But the policy makers responsible for the allocation of these funds... don't these people, like... inform themselves?
Even IF fusion reactors could be developed in a reasonable timespan (and the billions required for research would not just diverti much needed investments into clean and decentralized energy):
A lot of energy is by no means a solution to the transgression of the multiple planetary boundaries (nor does it help against the rise of fascism we are experiencing).
So, I let you here with this nice figure, you all can draw your own conclusions.
Can We Ever Achieve Fusion Power? https://hackaday.com/2024/06/29/can-we-ever-achieve-fusion-power/ #fusionreactor #nuclearfusion #Science #fusion
Addendae 1 cont'd 2/3
* NIF was never “about” societal energy. Its primary purpose is nuclear weapons research
Author quoted:
* "public reaction to the fusion story tells a lot about our collective psychology
"it speaks to a sense of desperation
* "it’s starting to dawn on people that the future could possibly be worse than the present
* "this causes a cognitive dissonance in that our cultural narrative is one of progress, growth, & innovation
Addendae 1 cont'd 1/3
* Stunts explore what we can do (often after an insane amount of preparation, practice, & failure), rather than what’s practical
* Stunts hide the pains & present appearance of ease & grace, but it’s a show
* NIF can do 1 shot a day; this is at slightly more than 2 megajoules output
* For an energy source, it would have to do the same thing at least 10x/second
* the pellet cost $100,000 to manufacture
Addendae 1
Fusion Foolery
https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2023/08/fusion-foolery/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37159887
Comment: critiques (impractical) technological solutions to energy challenges.
* 2022-12: National Ignition Facility breakthrough: more energy came out of target than laser energy injected
* What they did was ridiculously hard, & it finally worked after more than a decade of trying
* In the end NIF fusion accomplishment might be called a stunt
Nuclear fusion reactors
Wendelstein 7-X milestone: Power plasma w. gigajoule energy turnover generated for 8 min
https://www.ipp.mpg.de/5322229/01_23
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37092212
* 2023: energy turnover of 1 gigajoule targeted
* researchers achieved 1.3 gigajoules, new record for Wendelstein 7-X
* hot plasma maintained for 8 minutes
* Wendelstein 7-X fusion facility the most modern, largest stellarator in world
Wendelstein 7-X: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendelstein_7-X
A Compact #FusionReactor Barely 3 Feet Across Has Hit a Huge Milestone
#PropulsionSystems101 | #Experimentalism
#SporeDrive and the #UnprecedentedTimeTravelEngine | #FusionReactor...
#CommenceCountdown... In 3... 2... 1... #Mark
🧙⚔️ 🤖🐺🤖⚔️🧙 | ☕🎠🦹🦄 🦹🎠☕
Fusion reactors, uniquitous durable power, ahhh the dream. It's been 30 years into the future since the 1950's. Or is it....
In the shadow of ITER, 4 companies are taking 4 practical yet very different approaches to make electricity within 5 or 10 years.
We can only hope their enthousiasm pans out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNP8by6V3RA
#fusion #energy #powergeneration #nuclear #fusionreactor #durability #durable
An Amazing Look Inside a Fusion Reactor Doubling the Power Record
#culture #news #ccfe #fusion #fusionreactor #jet #jetlaboratory #reaction #science #unitedkingdom #unitedkingdomatomicenergyauthority
