In regards to any nuclear fusion reactor. What is the purpose of making one? If it's to break world records for continuous operation, then sure, they have done that. (1,056 seconds at high plasma temperature)
But generally speaking, the in-flow of energy surpases any useful out-flow of energy by far. You'd never hear them (or any fusion reactor labs for that matter) speaking about how much useful energy they actually manage to get out of such reactor.
Nevertheless, it's still a step on the road of hopefully, one day, humanity can make an actually useful fusion reactor.
Hi @cyprianj,
In regards to any nuclear fusion reactor. What is the purpose of making one? If it's to break world records for continuous operation, then sure, they have done that. (1,056 seconds at high plasma temperature)
But generally speaking, the in-flow of energy surpases any useful out-flow of energy by far. You'd never hear them (or any fusion reactor labs for that matter) speaking about how much useful energy they actually manage to get out of such reactor.
Nevertheless, it's still a step on the road of hopefully, one day, humanity can make an actually useful fusion reactor.
Thank you for your comment!