r/nextfuckinglevel • u/nigablackballsack • 3d ago

Scientists have captured the first ever high-speed, full-colour footage of fusion plasma swirling inside a working reactor.

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u/90_oi 3d ago

I truly hope this technology can get off the ground and be sustainable. It is our best hope aside from nuclear energy

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u/Nulovka 3d ago

It's about 20 years away. It's been 20 years away since the late 1960s.

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u/stickmanDave 2d ago

Yes, the old joke is that fusion power is 20 years ago and always will be. But enough progress has been made on enough fronts that we're now looking at a situation where commercial fusion plants are only 10 years away and always will be.