• Jode@midwest.social
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    11 months ago

    Yeah I mean at the end of the day the goal is still “make water hot to turn spinny thing with steam”.

    • GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca
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      11 months ago

      There is a helium fusion reaction that produces electrons. I’m not sure how feasible the process is for electricity generation, though.

      • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
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        11 months ago

        Helion says they will generate power directly from the electromagnetic field of the amplified plasma pulses (and then more from waste heat). It may work to some degree, but their proposed tritium reaction will produce enough neutrons to sterilize a couple cubic kms and render the entire assembly too radioactive to maintain by humans.