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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That’s not the plasma that melts anything but neutron bombardment.

I'm aware (I read the article, including the part I quoted you), but regardless of the source of the melting, there is a melting issue of the containment vessel that needs to be engineered away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and you won't get me to argue here. I'm too experienced a smart-Alec to contradict another smart-Alec :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes, and you won’t get me to argue here. I’m too experienced a smart-Alec to contradict another smart-Alec :)

Well I'll take smart alec over being called pedantic any day.

Having said that, sincerely wasn't looking for the argument, just a matter of going back to my original point, that you corrected and educated me on.

I knew there was some kind of melting issue, when I had made my original comment. I had just assumed it was the plasma, but it ended up not being that, as you noted.

My follow-up link comment was just to say "Hey look there is a valid reason for melting to happen, I wasn't imagining it".

All's good on my end.