World News

32282 readers

846 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.ml

AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml

jackmarxist@lemmy.ml

zephyreks@lemmy.ml

OurToothbrush@lemmy.ml

World’s biggest nuclear fusion reactor comes online (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 11 months ago by lntl@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

83 comments fedilink hide all child comments

The scientists used lasers to fuse two light atoms into a single one, releasing 3.15MJ (megajoules) of energy from 2.05MJ of input – roughly enough to boil a kettle.

Why do we even study this? Renewables are the only way. This is a waste of money which is a finite resource.

(page 2) 35 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] SomeGuyNamedPaul@beehaw.org 3 points 11 months ago

I've seen enough anime to know that turning on the experimental fusion reactor in some Japanese prefecture is an event that doesn't end well.

[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Nuclear fission, all types of renewable energy and soon-to-be nuclear fusion are meant to complement each other, not for one to totally overtake the rest

[–] WetBeardHairs@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

OK - let's ignore the shitshow of responding to OP's hot take.

What kind of research is this particular reactor going to do?

load more comments