China's 'artificial sun' set a new world record on Thursday by running for 1056 seconds at high plasma temperature, the longest duration for an experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor, Xinhua News Agency reported.
    • spectre [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Unlimited nuclear energy with no risk of radioactive contamination from a meltdown.

      • learntocod [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Militaristic nuclear research deprioritized properties like safety and sustainability in favor of weapons production abilities. I think we need to escape a model that depends on growth, but I think we’ll need better nuclear just to survive long enough.

          • learntocod [they/them]
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            3 years ago

            I’m with you there, I just wanted to point out that it nuclear filled a military niche and was never really pursued for the benefit of mankind. Besides being limited by the pursuit of plutonium, nuclear would never be allowed to just power industry and a bunch of trains. Planners knew that they’d need the gasoline market in the US in order to maintain hydrocarbon availability for armored columns, jets, etc.

    • Mother [any]
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      3 years ago

      Destroy all non-human life without scrutiny

    • kristina [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      if it works as touted, energy that will last us until the death of our sun