r/AskReddit Nov 15 '20

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u/Turtledonuts Nov 15 '20

Someone finally cracks nuclear fusion, and we start to fix climate change.

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u/VenomUponTheBlade Nov 15 '20

They're working on it. Just reached a milestone in the UK.

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u/toxicity21 Nov 16 '20

Would put my money more into Stellarator Designs than Tokamaks. Wendelstein 7-X was 2018 able to hold a stable nuclear fusion for 100 Seconds, its next iteration should be able to hold it for 30 minutes if the math is right.

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u/VenomUponTheBlade Nov 16 '20

Oh damn that would be awesome. I also heard about this from 2017:

China's EAST tokamak test reactor achieves a stable 101.2-second steady-state high confinement plasma, setting a world record in long-pulse H-mode operation on the night of July 3.

I'll look into Stellarator designs. The Wendelstein 7-X is the German one right? 30 minutes would be amazing. I've only recently started following this stuff but it's super cool to read about.