Wendelstein-7X fusion reactor reaches milestone

[Jessica-stormlover]

Wendelstein-7X fusion reactor reaches milestone

Fusionsreaktor Wendelstein-7X erreicht Meilenstein

Der deutsche Fusionsreaktor Wendelstein-7X hat einen neuen Rekord für die Entladungsdauer und Heizleistung von Fusionsplasma erreicht.

www.forschung-und-wissen.de

February 23, 2023 5:17 pm Robert Klatt
Fusion test reactor Wendelstein-7X

Germany's Wendelstein-7X fusion reactor has reached a milestone in fusion plasma energy turnover. Wendelstein-7X ran at 1.3 gigajoules for eight minutes. This is a new record for discharge duration and heating capacity.

Greifswald (Germany). Various nuclear fusion reactors are currently being tested, including a laser fusion system from the National Ignition Facility (NIF), with whose laser-induced nuclear fusion the burning plasma state was recently achieved for the first time. In addition, laser-induced nuclear fusion resulted in an unexpected excess of energy in the fusion plasma, which according to the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution should not exist. Other institutes are also testing fusion reactors in which the plasma is confined by strong magnetic fields. These are divided into tokamak plants, such as the ITER large reactor, and stellarator reactors, such as the Wendelstein 7-X.

The Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor in Greifswald is the world's largest stellarator reactor. A study by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) recently showed that his concept is suitable for the construction of power plants. In the Wendelstein-7X, a ring of 50 superconducting magnetic coils forms a complex magnetic field that keeps the ultra-hot fusion plasma in place. In contrast to tokamak systems, in which plasma can only be fused for a short time, a stellarator reactor can theoretically run continuously. Wendelstein-7X should prove this in reality.
Modification of the Wendelstein-7X fusion reactor

The first experiments with the Wendelstein fusion reactor started in 2015. In 2016 Wendelstein-7X generated its first hydrogen plasma and in 2018 the

 

[Jessica-stormlover]

Fucking awesome!!! The more progress the better!

 

[BackAgain]

Let’s perfect cold fusion, and miniaturizenit. Let’s say into the size of a coffeemaker. We could put one in every Delorean. And make that puppy fly!

Amongst other things.

 

[excalibur]

They've been talking up fusion reactors for 50 years, and if at all possible we're talking another 50 years.

 

[fncceo]

Let’s perfect cold fusion, and miniaturizenit. Let’s say into the size of a coffeemaker. We could put one in every Delorean. And make that puppy fly!

Amongst other things.

And we won't even need roads!

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

And we won't even need roads!

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Way more badass than the current loony craze of electrifying classic muscle.

 

[krichton]

When the first fusion reactor comes online for commercial use everyone on this board will likely all be dead. It's still nice for the next generation of humanity though. Unless there's a major breakthrough it won't be a reality for the rest of us.