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243 points greesil | 1 comments | 21 Jul 25 15:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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chris_va ◴[21 Jul 25 17:08 UTC] No.44637630[source]▶
A better link: https://www.ipp.mpg.de/5532945/w7x?c=5481737

(there is some irony in using the iter.org link for a stellarator announcement)

1.8GJ over 360 seconds, beta of 0.03

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greesil ◴[22 Jul 25 04:57 UTC] No.44643375[source]▶
The irony is delicious.

Especially considering the total budget of it is $340 millions vs ITER's tens of billions.

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1. nabla9 ◴[22 Jul 25 12:06 UTC] No.44645851[source]▶
Iter and 7-X are both publicly funded research in confinement fusion with different topologies.

90% of the basic research Iter does can be switched to 7-X if it turns out to be more successful topology. Among other things, Iter develpes technologies and processes needed for a fusion power station, something 7-X is not even touching.