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'Super Steel' Sought For Fusion Reactors

Smivs writes "New research shows how steel will fail at high temperatures because of the magnetic properties of the metal. Scientists say an understanding of how the Twin Towers collapsed will help them develop the materials needed to build fusion reactors. The New York buildings fell when their steel backbones lost strength in the fires that followed the plane impacts. Dr Sergei Dudarev told the British Association Science Festival that improved steels were now being sought. The principal scientist at the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) said one of the first applications for these better performing metals would be in the wall linings of fusion reactors."

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  1. Irony if this works. by jellomizer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If it worked and we can make Fusion Reactors. This would leave some irony to the terrorist.

    The Terrist may think they won because once we go Fusion we won't need to protect our oil interests thus mostly ignoring that area of the world, except for the occasional humanitarian mission, thus reducing our influcene in their countries...
    However because we are not funding those countries with money they end up bankrupt in far more trouble then with the US involved.

    When the Terrorist actually win they loose, because their goals will lead to their destruction.

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