JET passes break-even during preliminary testing

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JohnP
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JET passes break-even during preliminary testing

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After achieving "first plasma" in February, JET engineers have managed to leapfrog competing fusion technologies in the long race to net gain.

"Preliminary tests indicate measured net power gain of 150% with predicted gains of up to 15x with minor modifications."

http://www.jet.efda.org/pages/news/2008 ... lasma.html
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bcglorf
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Re: JET passes break-even during preliminary testing

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JohnP wrote:After achieving "first plasma" in February, JET engineers have managed to leapfrog competing fusion technologies in the long race to net gain.

"Preliminary tests indicate measured net power gain of 150% with predicted gains of up to 15x with minor modifications."

http://www.jet.efda.org/pages/news/2008 ... lasma.html
It's gonna be a long day :)
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pstoller78
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Indeed, sometimes I loathe April 1st. :)
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Zixinus
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Ahem.


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bcglorf
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nothing in the article about break even

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The article linked doesn't say anything about break even conditions. It doesn't say much more than first plasma achieved and a bit about the restart process, hence given the date of the post I've quit looking any further.
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JohnP
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Post by JohnP »

Sorry... I linked to an earlier article. This http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=de ... gle+Search
link will help.
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