ooli3@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.ml · 21 days agoLooks like nuclear fusion is picking up steamwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down13
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minus-squaresolrize@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 days agoFor fusion? No idea. For thorium / molten salt (I mistakenly wrote molten thorium)? China has an experimental reactor operating right now, and they plan to build a lot of them: https://www.neimagazine.com/news/china-refuels-thorium-reactor-without-shutdown/
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoGood article. They’re certainly making progress but there is still a very long way to go. I still stand by the fifty years from my other comment.
For fusion? No idea. For thorium / molten salt (I mistakenly wrote molten thorium)? China has an experimental reactor operating right now, and they plan to build a lot of them:
https://www.neimagazine.com/news/china-refuels-thorium-reactor-without-shutdown/
Good article. They’re certainly making progress but there is still a very long way to go. I still stand by the fifty years from my other comment.