Originally Posted by
Into the Night
I too would like to see practical fusion power become a reality (sure beats the bomb version!). I'm not as convinced the Tokamak method is going to be the way to do it, despite the promise it has shown. It may require a completely different approach. Concentrating on this design might distract from a working solution elsewhere.
You not only have to maintain what amounts to be a small star in the reaction chamber (without destroying the reactor!), you have to keep feeding fuel to it somehow and extract energy from it somehow in a safe manner.
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