China plans world’s first fusion-fission power plant

[pineapplepizza@lemm.ee]

https://youtu.be/3m5qxZm_JqM

[simulation6@sopuli.xyz]

Is that a resonance cascade? Don't see those every day.

[cosmonova@lemmy.world]

i can’t imagine criticizing a country for building too much high efficiency mass transit in advance

I mean the Nazis did that in preparation for their Blitzkrieg and the Holocaust so there are real examples why building seemingly overengineered and overly excessive infrastructure can be problematic. And besides a demonstration of power, I think some of those railways are exactly that. To transport troops or masses of prisoners quickly and efficiently. God knows they have enough of those.

[Guest]

Yes, the uranium tamper in a fusion weapon. Half of the energy in a fusion weapon comes from fast neutron fission, mostly in U-238. It's not a chain reaction.

[Guest]

No, we do this in a fusion weapon. Half of its energy output is from fast neutron fission of the uranium tamper.

[angrycommiekender@lemmy.world]

It was a joke. We have invented fission and fusion, but the reactors are still attached it to a Rankine Cycle.

[endofline@lemmy.ca]

This is uncontrolled reaction. Chinese and other countries plan to be able to conduct the controlled reaction

[explodicle@sh.itjust.works]

Everybody has been stealing each other's nuclear secrets for decades.

[mangocats@feddit.it]

That depends... do you count tsunami? Operator error? Design hubris?

All told, I wouldn't be surprised if a greater percentage of reactors have melted down than big ships have split at sea.

[Guest]

Cool.

When can I expect my T-45?

[milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee]

fusion-fission power plant

Sounds like you're just undoing your work. Put the pieces together, take them apart again. Energy!

Wake up babe new perpetual motion dropped!

[catsarebadpeople@sh.itjust.works]

B..b..but murica bad!