Hotter than your mom...

…and probably way more stable.

Germany is poised to make a major scientific breakthrough in the field of nuclear fusion. Its Wendelstein 7-X experimental fusion reactor is about to be injected with hydrogen, where scientists will hope to turn it into a sustained, super-hot plasma.

If successful, it will be a world first, and it can all be streamed live STREAM from 1:45 p.m. GMT (8:45 a.m. EST). Ignition is expected at 2:35 p.m. GMT (9:35 a.m. EST).

The fusion reactor, which aims to replicate the conditions deep inside our Sun, will be switched on by German chancellor Angela Merkel – who herself has a doctorate in physics. Although workable nuclear fusion is likely to be several decades away, this experiment represents a key stepping stone towards this goal. Controlled nuclear fusion – a clean, near-perpetual source of energy – would revolutionize the world.

Fusion is kind of a neat thing, eh?

;)Did nobody pay attention to the storyline in Halflife? This is how we are going to get headcrabs running around everywhere! ;)

On a more serious note, hopefully they pull it off successfully and send us into a new era of power generation.

inB4 alien invasion… or nazi zombie hitler returns..

I know this was supposed to be about Nuclear Fusion, but now I have an urge to play through HalfLife and the ensuing episodes.

Half Life 3 was the best of them all IMO. Such story.

Half Life 3 was the best of them all IMO. Such story.

hey whats the future like anyways ??

:clap:

Sounds like it went well today? I didn't hear how long the plasma was sustained.
Background article I dug up:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/10/bizarre-reactor-might-save-nuclear-fusion

Thread title of 2016 thus far.

I cant wait to see what "free" energy looks like.

Thread title of 2016 thus far.

I cant wait to see what "free" energy looks like.

Exactly. How can the big corporations make money off of this?

Black Mesa is Half Life with the Source engine.. damn

Exactly. How can the big corporations make money off of this?

Well given that fusion requires insanely expensive and complicated equipment it is more of a question of how fusion can compare in cost to renewables coupled with battery/storage tech.
In high density urban areas there should still be a market.

Exactly. How can the big corporations make money off of this?

By marketing/selling everyone "Mr-Fusion" devices of course.

Exactly. How can the big corporations make money off of this?

I'm thinking the big companies would build these instead of dirtynuke reactors/coal powerplants, and still charge uses for the electricity they use.

It would be cleaner, but the end user will still end up paying.

Any nuclear physicist on here?

Thorium? I been watching lots on this, and seems fool proof. Lot of whacko stuff, but Vice did a great piece on it and it sounds amazing, the technology is definitely there.