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China's 'artificial sun' shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds (www.livescience.com)

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[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Fusion reactors don't necessarily need to heat water. I'm aware of at least one company that is developing a power plant which primarily uses induction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helion_Energy

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