Do you think that Tokamak will ever deliver cost-effective electricity?
I support research in nuclear fusion, but I feel like we should not be doing it by giving huge amounts of money to one big project. I think a research prize would be much better option, or if that is not plausible, giving small amounts of funding to many different startups.
Do you think that Tokamak will ever deliver cost-effective electricity?
I support research in nuclear fusion, but I feel like we should not be doing it by giving huge amounts of money to one big project. I think a research prize would be much better option, or if that is not plausible, giving small amounts of funding to many different startups.
so I worked on ITER and did the structural analysis for the Tokamak Assembly Preparation Building,
there is a lot about that project that can be managed better, a lot of "re inventing the wheel" etc go
So the honest answer is that I don't know. The scientists reckon it will break the Q>1 factor and probably get to around 6-10.
That being said, the money to finish the project is the equivalent of a few weeks of the cost of the War in Afghanistan.