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Fusion Power: A New Way to Boil Water

May 2, 2009

The plasma fusion research community has released conceptual designs for fusion power plants, and in every one that I’ve seen, “fusion power” means “heat used to produce hot gas”, usually by boiling water to produce steam. The gas drives turbines that turn generators, producing electric power with a typical efficiency of about 33%. In other [...]

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