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brohee ◴[21 Jul 25 15:33 UTC] No.44636410[source]▶

Does it kill the idea of a tokamak as an energy production device? As in a stellarator proving the much more promising design...

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1. Miraste ◴[21 Jul 25 15:56 UTC] No.44636718[source]▶

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I'm no expert, but from the full press release it appears this experiment is the first time they've even been competitive with tokamaks, and are still behind the latest (unpublished) tokamak results.

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