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Finaly some good fucking news. It's going to happen bois. Fusion time. Power positive. Electricity is about to take a nose dive in price, coal is dead. Electric cars now cheeper to fuel then gas cars. Mankind goes forth and starts healing the earth.

What say you nsg?

Global warming is a lie. It means we get hotter holidays! So this news is bad and sad...

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:sause

Finaly some good fucking news. It's going to happen bois. Fusion time. Power positive. Electricity is about to take a nose dive in price, coal is dead. Electric cars now cheeper to fuel then gas cars. Mankind goes forth and starts healing the earth.

What say you nsg?

It's about damn time everyone got over their fear of nuclear power.

Cool, good on the french.

There are still a lot of issues with nuclear fusion reactors. It'll be a long time before fusion becomes a truly safe, sustainable, practical and large-scale source of energy, if it ever does. Also, this isn't new news. The ITER project was agreed 14 years ago and construction started 7 years ago.

Kinda wish it was a Thorium reactor, but this will do.

The Greater Ohio Valley wrote:Kinda wish it was a Thorium reactor, but this will do.

Yeah, same. Still, fusion power!

The Greater Ohio Valley wrote:Kinda wish it was a Thorium reactor, but this will do.

Agreed. But at least it isn't a fission reactor.

This is some pretty RaDiCaL news

Merni wrote:There are still a lot of issues with nuclear fusion reactors. It'll be a long time before fusion becomes a truly safe, sustainable, practical and large-scale source of energy, if it ever does. Also, this isn't new news. The ITER project was agreed 14 years ago and construction started 7 years ago.

I remember reading about the ITER project a few years ago in ''Science Illustrated'' (A popular-scientific journal), so it is not exactly new news.

Is it commercially ready in 5 years or just more experiments in 5 years? If it's the latter then this isn't news at all as fusion has always been 5-15 years away.

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Cool, good on the french.

It's funded by other nations. It's just hosted in France because... It has nice cheese?

Merni wrote:There are still a lot of issues with nuclear fusion reactors. It'll be a long time before fusion becomes a truly safe, sustainable, practical and large-scale source of energy, if it ever does. Also, this isn't new news. The ITER project was agreed 14 years ago and construction started 7 years ago.

Fusion power has very little issues in terms of safety. Sustainability and practicality are the problem. Until the input is greater then the output problem is solved it will not be a viable source of energy

SD_Film Artists wrote:Is it commercially ready in 5 years or just more experiments in 5 years? If it's the latter then this isn't news at all as fusion has always been 5-15 years away.

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Cool, good on the french.

It's funded by other nations. It's just hosted in France because... It has nice cheese?

French cheese is quite nice. Well.. some of it anyway.

Good on all nations involved

The Greater Ohio Valley wrote:Kinda wish it was a Thorium reactor, but this will do.

Thorium is a much safer bet. We have no reason to believe this will work, Fusion unlike Thorium is beyond our current technology.
As much as fusion nuclear power is awesome in theory and must be pursued, it is not a short or medium term help unfortunately.

SD_Film Artists wrote:Is it commercially ready in 5 years or just more experiments in 5 years? If it's the latter then this isn't news at all as fusion has always been 5-15 years away.

The Huskar Social Union wrote:Cool, good on the french.

It's funded by other nations. It's just hosted in France because... It has nice cheese?

Well France probably had the best nuclear power system in the world, so that makes sense.
Their power system might be the worlds best and should be emulated elsewhere.

Middle Barael wrote:

The Greater Ohio Valley wrote:Kinda wish it was a Thorium reactor, but this will do.

Agreed. But at least it isn't a fission reactor.

Thorium is fission, and fission is still the cleanest and safest form of power that actually works.
Fission is great, and mass building of fission reactors is needed in the short to medium term. Until fusion becomes available (if it becomes available).

Middle Barael wrote:

The Greater Ohio Valley wrote:Kinda wish it was a Thorium reactor, but this will do.

Agreed. But at least it isn't a fission reactor.

What's wrong with Fission reactors?

The Emerald Legion wrote:

Middle Barael wrote:Agreed. But at least it isn't a fission reactor.

What's wrong with Fission reactors?

Nothing. But you have to have maximum safety standards up. We need the smartest people for every shift, a reactor that is everything proof and, absolutely no stupid experiments that would be below the incredibly high safety standards. No expense spared on anything. Only the best of the best parts to be used. I want even the toilets to never clog. It will be very costly, might not make a profit for 50 to a hundred years. Doesn't matter, no expense spared. Maximum safety everyday, all day.

The Emerald Legion wrote:

Middle Barael wrote:Agreed. But at least it isn't a fission reactor.

What's wrong with Fission reactors?

Ever hear of Chernobyl?

Glad to hear. And of course France is one of the nations behind it

Asle Leopolka wrote:

The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp wrote:sause

Finaly some good fucking news. It's going to happen bois. Fusion time. Power positive. Electricity is about to take a nose dive in price, coal is dead. Electric cars now cheeper to fuel then gas cars. Mankind goes forth and starts healing the earth.

What say you nsg?

It's about damn time everyone got over their fear of nuclear power.

Jeez, I'm done with people thinking fusion will lead to Chernobyl 2.

San Lumen wrote:

The Emerald Legion wrote:
What's wrong with Fission reactors?

Ever hear of Chernobyl?

Was done beacuse the KGB was like "Lets sensor vital safety information about our rbmk reactors beacuse Soviet tech best tech!".

It's finally start building.I hope the progress of the project will not be delayed again.When will we have fusion powered spaceships?

Antibuda wrote:

Asle Leopolka wrote:It's about damn time everyone got over their fear of nuclear power.

Jeez, I'm done with people thinking fusion will lead to Chernobyl 2.

Impossible. There are essential differences in technology.The fuel used in nuclear fusion is not radioactive in itself.

Shanghai industrial complex wrote:

Antibuda wrote:Jeez, I'm done with people thinking fusion will lead to Chernobyl 2.

Impossible. There are essential differences in technology.The fuel used in nuclear fusion is not radioactive in itself.

That’s not entirely true. There is some radioactive material and waste but it’s quite low level and the half life of the waste is quite short