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243 points greesil | 1 comments | 21 Jul 25 15:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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. mortarion ◴[22 Jul 25 13:27 UTC] No.44646617[source]▶
ITER is like a NASA project. Built to work from the start. Still an experiment, but if they weren't sure Q > 1 would be achieved with the design, they would shut it down.