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Fusion Plasma Plant in The Future

Posted by Hemos on from the have-to-do-something-different dept.

NightWulf writes "The BBC reports that Europe and Japan are currently looking to host a new JET power plant. This new plant creates plasma, which is akin to creating a star on Earth. Interesting to note that 1kg of fusion fuel would produce the same amount of energy as 10,000,000kg of fossil fuels."

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  1. Yes, indeed by Control+Group · · Score: 5, Funny
    Akin to creating a star on Earth.

    In the same sense, my logging on to slashdot today is akin to designing TCP/IP.

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  2. Helium by rf0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well taking that you get left with helium its obvious that a by product will be a market for baloons

    Rus

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  3. strange fascination... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Slashdot has a strange fascination with potential energy solutions. Ah...so much energy wasted thinking about potential energy.

  4. Japan by astrokid · · Score: 3, Funny
    But the decision on whether the Iter project (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) is built at Rokkasho-mura in Japan, or Cadarache in France, has been delayed several times.

    I would have thought that decision to build the project in Japan would have been unanimous. How else could Gozilla be resurrected?
    However Garuda's nuclear reactor explodes, and the fallout from the explosion resurrects Godzilla who this time defeats Mechagodzilla and carries Baby Godzilla with his teeth off to sea.
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  5. Re:How much energy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm guessing at least 9,999,999 kg...

  6. Re:Finally by JosKarith · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nope - helium isn't toxic.
    But helium at 100,000,000 degrees celsius might have slightly different effect if you tried to use it to make yourself sound like a munchkin...

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  7. Re:I had predicted 2050, actually by freeze128 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only on slashdot can you be called an idiot if you don't know anything about nuclear fusion.

  8. Re:How much energy? by Strange+Ranger · · Score: 4, Funny

    > One kilogram of fusion fuel would produce the same amount of energy as 10,000,000 kg of fossil fuel.

    No no, we all know that different fossil fuels have different efficiencies by weight.. e.g. a kilogram of pure natural gas produces a different amount of energy when burned than a kilogram of kerosene.

    So the REAL question is, how many Libraries of Congress would we have to burn to generate equivalent energy.

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  9. Re:NOT a fusion plant! by Vengeance · · Score: 5, Funny

    BUT: We are now only nine turns away from being able to BUILD a fusion plant. Next I think we should go after 'Future Technology I'.

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  10. Re:Finally by untaken_name · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would you want this venting on Wall Street?

    Better there than many other places I can think of.

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  11. Re:I have to wonder... by pclminion · · Score: 3, Funny
    ... how much energy it takes to find, gather, concentrate, etc., one kg of "fusion fuel".

    I don't know, but if you think it even approaches 10000000 kilograms of fossil fuels, you need to get your head checked.

  12. Re:And a plant explosion... by bkr1_2k · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just for my reference...a metric buttload is 1.83 Imperial buttloads, right?

    I'm American, so I don't really use metric units that much.

    bkr

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