Scientists successfully replicate historic nuclear fusion breakthrough three times

https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/20/climate/nuclear-fusion-energy-breakthrough-replicate-climate/index.html#:~:text=The%20target%20chamber%20of%20the,times%20the%20density%20of%20lead.

96 points · 10 comments · view on lemmy.world

10 Comments

whaleross@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Huh. So I guess fusion is only 20 years away.

LostXOR@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y

Give it another 20 years, maybe it'll only be 15 years away then!

Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Always.

JiveTurkey@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y (6 replies)

Article is misleading and basically bullshit.

Aatube@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y (4 replies)

How?

JiveTurkey@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)
Aatube@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

Hmm, so it basically quotes https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/14/first-edition-nuclear-fusion , which among other things says that the energy produced by the thing is currently unusable (which is what the video quotes at 9:00)

Still feels like a breakthrough

They’ve sort of” – you can hear the pain of this simplification in Bluck’s voice as he speaks – “solved the physics issues, and now they’re looking squarely at the engineering issues.”

Fermion@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 2y

Maybe they're upset that this isn't an independent replication by a different group? It's the same facility and group reporting these results because this machine is truly one of a kind.

robdor@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 2y

Well you take a few of the letters out of the title and you can spell bullshit. I guess?

jose1324@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Sounds like every article about fusion ngl