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Originally Posted by Hawkeye's-911T
Chirped pulse amplification in fusion reactors - another possible avenue to "break-even"
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1511/1511.03231.pdf
My hopes for molten salt or thorium fueled reactors as a practical solution to mitigate our reliance on
fossil based energy are fading a little. I also hope this thought does not constitute a thread hi-jack.
Cheers
JB |
No, You are right. We need to work with technology that works instead of running after a fools errand.
The sun's fusion "works" because of the mass. The Neutrons are not lost because there is so much mass around to absorb them when released. And if you keep the neutrons, you keep the energy, since 80% spins off as fast neutrons.
My Nuke E professors carried a grapefruit into class. He would ask each class, "How big is a U235 fission critical mass?" He would hold up the grapefruit. The he would ask "How big is a critical mass for fusion?" He would point at the late afternoon sun...