/sci/ - Science & Math

>>5572400
here
filename, also look up general fusion. i have my fingers crossed for really solid power output and within an order of magnitude of breakeven on first firing, the design is just fucking cool

i got some hope for general fusion, they have a solid method to work from (magnetic target fusion)

>>4877721
The tokomak design is garbage, truly.
it was given to us by the russians as a gesture of good will. why would the soviet union give us something during the cold war? because they knew it wouldn't work.
they've been trying to do perfect plasma containment in that thing for decades without much real success.
there are a few variations of it, but plasma confinement fusion is really just a dead end.

the ignition facility thing (lots of lasers shooting at a tritium target) shows some promise though, they're creeping pretty close to breakeven.

i'm mostly looking forward to magnetized target fusion, it meets both methods in the middle and the math looks really nice. pretty reasonable energy and confinement time requirements. more than do-able assuming the math is right
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetized_target_fusion

how lucrative are careers in nuclear engineering, at the moment, and how much competition is there?
not necessarily just working at a plant, but more like actual research and engineering.

here's something neat
magnetized target fusion, it's basically using a tokamak like phase to prep the fuel, and injecting it like an ITER configuration.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetized_target_fusion

you get an energy output similar to its "parent" systems, but at several times less the required input energy, mostly because you don't have to deal with bitchy little magnetic flow that doesn't want to stay in line more than a nanosecond

thoughts?