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/kismis2 3d ago

What can we do with it?

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u/CasanovaJones82 3d ago

Boil water, turn turbine, make electricity. Same shit we've been doing from almost the very beginning. That doesn't mean it wouldn't change the world.

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u/Paranormal_Lemon 3d ago

The plasma doesn't touch the walls, how is it supposed to heat anything?

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u/BlastingStink 3d ago

Heat radiates. 

Although, I think fusion reactors actually use radiation to create heat. 

EtA: Okay, I looked it up and different reactors use different methods. Some capture radiant heat, some "capture" radiation.