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Germany Fires Up Bizarre New Fusion Reactor (sciencemag.org)
New submitter insitus writes: On 10 December, Germany's new Wendelstein 7-X stellarator was fired up for the first time, rounding off a construction effort that took nearly 2 decades and cost €1 billion. Initially and for the first couple of months, the reactor will be filled with helium—an unreactive gas—so that operators can make sure that they can control and heat the gas effectively. At the end of January, experiments will begin with hydrogen in an effort to show that fusing hydrogen isotopes can be a viable source of clean and virtually limitless energy.
great Jazz Fusion band name.
Is this a story from Futurama?
Everyone's going to say that it's finally the Mr Fusion from Back to the Future. Noooo. It's Das Mister Fusion. It's German.
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"So long and thanks for all the fish."
Nothing says success like the juxtaposition of "Germany" and "technological innovation involving a hydrogen filled container".
"how do you say "D'oh!" in German?"
Deuterium Hydroxide, also known as 'slightly heavy water'
"how do you say "D'oh!" in German?"
Deuterium Hydroxide, also known as 'slightly heavy water'
It's just BIG BONED!
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i hate these baby steps. they should have gone straight for dilithium crystals.