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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It's not limitless, you still need fuel. Especially tritium doesn't really occur naturally because of its extremely short half-life, current plans for ITER involve breeding tritium from lithium in the fusion reactor. The closest to limitless power we have is PV.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Tritium is a convenience, not a necessity. If researchers manage to build a functional fusion reactor which captures the energy, we can find substitutes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A reactor that produces enough of its own fuel.... It's starting to sound like a perpetual motion machine.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Read again, there are plans to use lithium instead of tritium, still limited.