In a landmark achievement for fusion energy, ITER has completed all components for the world's largest, most powerful pulsed superconducting electromagnet system.
  • Classy Hatter@sopuli.xyz
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    6 days ago

    At full operation, ITER is expected to produce 500 megawatts of fusion power from only 50 megawatts of input heating power, a tenfold gain. At this level of efficiency, the fusion reaction largely self-heats, becoming a “burning plasma.”

    That 10x gain would be pretty huge, if they can make it to work. I believe the record so far is only 1.5x.