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What are the technical challenges in burning plasma for Fusion energy?

Does the burning plasma approach to fusion make sense?

How many billions of dollar is required to burn plasma?

Why did the MIT fusion plasma projects shut down?
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 July 31, 2009 08:05 PM
First of all Fusion is an extremely dangerous source of energy. It is hard to contain. I don't know if you are talking about fusion or fission. The only known source of fusion energy is in the sun.. Then again plasma could be used in fusion, but overall, i think MIT dropped their study because fusion is simply too dangerous.


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July 31, 2009 08:43 PM
The cost to run a plasma reactor is prohibitive . The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor was thought to be capable of overunity, bu the cost caused participates to drop out.

http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/the_future_of_fusion/

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July 31, 2009 08:46 PM
Your probably right about danger. A magnetic field contains a plasma with temperatures seven times the temperature of the sun, 100 million degrees Celsius.

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