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Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated (phys.org)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

The method they used is absolutely unsuited for power generation, they're doing weapons research. Two things:

  1. Sure, more energy came out than hit the target but the amount of power wasted generating the laser light is right-out astronomical. People also gripe about other experiments not including those external (to the reaction) factors but then they're also generally magnitudes lower.
  2. The targets are very very hard to produce, and you only get to shoot at them once.