US scientists achieve ‘holy grail’ nuclear fusion reaction: report
www.independent.co.uk
Nuclear fusion could be key tool to stave off climate crisis

Researchers were able to produce 2.5 megajoules of energy, 120 per cent of the 2.1 megajoules used to power the experiment.

Now we must wait to see if this is an aberration and can be done at scale. I'm ready for the world to change :party-parrot-science:

Government workers got the goods, fuck you capitalism, great 'innovation' you have :fidel-salute:

  • cosecantphi [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    Fusion apparently creates lots of secondary radioactive waste, as in waste produced not by the actual process like fission but somehow by the generation of power

    It's my understanding that nuclei in the walls of the reaction chamber absorb many of the high energy neutrons produced by the reaction, transmuting atoms into radioactive isotopes within the previously inert material. This process is called neutron activation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_activation